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> [The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-difficult-problems-in-life-always-start-off-being-simple-great/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-robert-jacques-turgot-baron-de-laune/scrupulous-people-are-not-suited-to-great-affairs/)

[Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-robert-jacques-turgot-baron-de-laune/)

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> [Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudius-claudianus/alas-by-what-slight-means-are-great-affairs-brought-to-destruction/)

[Claudius Claudianus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudius-claudianus/)

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> [Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/looking-at-small-advantages-prevents-great-affairs-from-being/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [There are no small steps in great affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-paul-de-gondi/there-are-no-small-steps-in-great-affairs/)

[Jean Francois Paul de Gondi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-paul-de-gondi/)

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> [I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-have-always-thought-that-one-man-of-tolerable-abilities-may-work/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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