Quote#Wisdom
The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small…
Quote bySamuel Richardson · 1687–1761
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754), Vol. 6, letter 46.
English (original)
The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.
— Samuel Richardson
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