A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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