"A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]"

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 272-73, De Rebus Gestis Alexandria Magni, VI, 3, 11, 1922.

Quintus Curtius Rufus

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“As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles.”
“...... an outlaw gulch, a haven for draft resisters, struggling artists, and drug addicts.....a camp for semi-demented adults.... Venice is like the legendary Phoenix - it always seems to rise again from the ashes.”
“I donâ€™t believe in magic. I believe in hard work.”
“When learning is recognized in the fabric of life and encouraged, when families make their decisions based on what leads to more interesting and educational ends, children learn without effort, often without even knowing it, and parents learn along with them.”

Source : Sandra Dodd (2009). “Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling”, p.325, Lulu.com
“Retiring from cricket is not about form. I feel that the time is now and it's right. I've tried to give everything I have when I've played the game, the game goes on. You can't hold onto it and people shouldn't be too sentimental. I think a lot better players and greater players have gone, and the game has gone on and there are new players who take the mantle, and in my case it won't be any different.”
“Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.”
“We got great ratings and fan interest, and that's what management wanted.”
“Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.”

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