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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:42
AUTHOR:Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:The proverbe saith that many a smale maketh a grate. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Canterbury Tales. Persones Tale.
 
Note 1.
Many small make a great.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part i. chap. xi. [back]
 

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