#scarcely

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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#danger #debts #escaped #every #great

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. ↗

— Isoroku Yamamoto

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#having #himself #man #matter #military

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember. ↗

— David Antin

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#enough #hebrew #i #learned #meaningless