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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?










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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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"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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  • 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






  • 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




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@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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