Little
Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
A small degree or scale; miniature.
In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
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Little Quotations
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar Wilde
I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
Oscar Wilde
Little Translations
little in Afrikaans is min, klein
little in Danish is lille
little in Dutch is gering, karig, min, luttel, klein
little in French is petit, peu
little in German is klein, wenig, klein, wenig
little in Hungarian is kicsi
little in Italian is piccolo, minuscolo
little in Latin is parvus minor minimus, parum minus minime
little in Norwegian is litt, lite
little in Portuguese is pequeno, pouco
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