Mark Twain: Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's lo

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion — Mark Twain

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.

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