Small Ring

Famous quotes containing the words small and/or ring:

“Lack of patience in small matters can create havoc in great ones.”
—Chinese proverb.

Confucian Analects.

“I started out very quiet and I beat Mr. Turgenev. Then I trained hard and I beat Mr. de Maupassant. I’ve fought two draws with Mr. Stendhal, and I think I had an edge in the last one. But nobody’s going to get me in any ring with Mr. Tolstoy unless I’m crazy or I keep getting better.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)