Edward McKendree Bounds

Prayer must be broad in its scope - it must plead for others. Intercession for others is the hallmark of all true prayer. When prayer is confined to self and to the sphere of one's personal needs, it dies by reason of its littleness, narrowness and selfishness.

American Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

German Philosopher

Bertolt Brecht

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.

German Poet

Thomas Carlyle

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

Scottish Philosopher

Alexander Pope

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

English Poet

Use 'littleness' to describe actual small size, not figuratively or metaphorically.

Concrete Literality

'Littleness' can imply cuteness or evoke sympathy, beyond just being small.

Not Just Size

Use 'littleness' when objectively stating the small size of something, without bias.

Objective Viewing

'Littleness' can express how something makes you feel trivial or overlooked.

Psychological Effect

Using 'littleness' in a context of importance can hint at a negative judgment.

Implied Negativity

'Littleness' can measure how strongly you feel about the unimportance of something.

Littleness

Concrete Literality

Not Just Size

Objective Viewing

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