Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets.
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"Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets." — Rudyard Kipling
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Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets. — Rudyard Kipling
About Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was a Writer from United Kingdom (1865–1936).
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This quote is attributed to Rudyard Kipling, a Writer from United Kingdom.
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Rudyard Kipling lived from 1865 – 1936.