Least
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
See Lest, conj.
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Least Quotations
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Winston Churchill
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln
Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.
Marilyn Monroe
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
Thomas Jefferson
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Ronald Reagan
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F. Kennedy
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R amp&; D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
Steve Jobs
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates
Least Translations
least in Afrikaans is minste
least in Dutch is minst
least in French is le moins
least in German is kleinst, wenigst, geringste, geringst
least in Italian is meno di tutti
least in Latin is minimus
least in Norwegian is minst
least in Portuguese is menos
least in Swedish is minst
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