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"If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent the night with a mosquito"
Is this an African proverb or is it originally from the Dalai Lama?
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"If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent the night with a mosquito"
Is this an African proverb or is it originally from the Dalai Lama?
etymology
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Wrong forum for this question.
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@GEdgar Questions about etymology are very much on topic for this forum.
– Jason Bassford
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I don’t think this falls under the standard definition of etymology.
– James McLeod
17 hours ago
Why have 4 people voted to close because, they say, this question "isn't about English"? It looks like English to me, and although who-said-it-first questions are disparaged by some, they are on-topic for this forum...**with research**.
– JEL
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"If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent the night with a mosquito"
Is this an African proverb or is it originally from the Dalai Lama?
etymology
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"If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent the night with a mosquito"
Is this an African proverb or is it originally from the Dalai Lama?
etymology
etymology
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Wrong forum for this question.
– GEdgar
yesterday
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@GEdgar Questions about etymology are very much on topic for this forum.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
I don’t think this falls under the standard definition of etymology.
– James McLeod
17 hours ago
Why have 4 people voted to close because, they say, this question "isn't about English"? It looks like English to me, and although who-said-it-first questions are disparaged by some, they are on-topic for this forum...**with research**.
– JEL
9 hours ago
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Wrong forum for this question.
– GEdgar
yesterday
1
@GEdgar Questions about etymology are very much on topic for this forum.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
I don’t think this falls under the standard definition of etymology.
– James McLeod
17 hours ago
Why have 4 people voted to close because, they say, this question "isn't about English"? It looks like English to me, and although who-said-it-first questions are disparaged by some, they are on-topic for this forum...**with research**.
– JEL
9 hours ago
Wrong forum for this question.
– GEdgar
yesterday
Wrong forum for this question.
– GEdgar
yesterday
1
1
@GEdgar Questions about etymology are very much on topic for this forum.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@GEdgar Questions about etymology are very much on topic for this forum.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
I don’t think this falls under the standard definition of etymology.
– James McLeod
17 hours ago
I don’t think this falls under the standard definition of etymology.
– James McLeod
17 hours ago
Why have 4 people voted to close because, they say, this question "isn't about English"? It looks like English to me, and although who-said-it-first questions are disparaged by some, they are on-topic for this forum...**with research**.
– JEL
9 hours ago
Why have 4 people voted to close because, they say, this question "isn't about English"? It looks like English to me, and although who-said-it-first questions are disparaged by some, they are on-topic for this forum...**with research**.
– JEL
9 hours ago
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According to the link here, it was said by Dalai Lama.
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According to the link here, it was said by Dalai Lama.
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According to the link here, it was said by Dalai Lama.
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According to the link here, it was said by Dalai Lama.
According to the link here, it was said by Dalai Lama.
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Wrong forum for this question.
– GEdgar
yesterday
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@GEdgar Questions about etymology are very much on topic for this forum.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
I don’t think this falls under the standard definition of etymology.
– James McLeod
17 hours ago
Why have 4 people voted to close because, they say, this question "isn't about English"? It looks like English to me, and although who-said-it-first questions are disparaged by some, they are on-topic for this forum...**with research**.
– JEL
9 hours ago