Is it a small thing to reave the heavens of an insatiate monster and write upon the eternal dome, glittering with stars, the grand word liberty?
Is it a small thing to make men truly free, to destroy the dogmas of ignorance, prejudice, and power, the poisoned fables of superstition, and drive from the beautiful face of the earth the fiend of fear?
This was a small thing, but it was an important small thing.
I will, from this day, appoint him a regular salary and maintenance, and give him every month a thousand pieces of gold; and if I gave him a share of my kingdom it were but a small thing to do unto him.
Fate hath afflicted thee on my account so that thou hast lost thy right hand, and I am unable to compensate thee: if I should sacrifice my life, it would be but a small thing, and thy generosity would still have surpassed mine.
By Allah, if I gave my life for love of thee, it were but a small thing, and I should not do justice to thy claims upon me.
It is no small thing to dwell in a religious community or congregation, and to live there without complaint, and therein to remain faithful even unto death.
If the majesty of the Giver be considered, nothing that is given shall seem small and of no worth, for that is not a small thing which is given by the Most High God.
Therefore it is not really a small thing, when in small things we resist self.
A small thing, a wee thing, A brown fleck of nought; With winging and singing That who could have thought?
Bird, I'm a small thing-- My angel descries; With winging and singing That who could surmise?
A small thing, a wee thing, A brown amaze withal, That fly a pitch more azure Because you're so small.
Is it a small thing to reave the heavens of an insatiate monster and write upon the eternal dome, glittering with stars, the grand word--Freedom?
A small thing, no doubt; in itself quite as small as to write to any one else.
But, my dear hearers, do not for a moment imagine that it is a small thing to make the change here implied.
As regards the scholarship which I promised you, I must ask you to wait a little, because my hands are full--so full of important things that even a new scholarship at Newnham seems a small thing.
Now, having became hardened, it seemed but a small thing to receive the offer of a conjurer, and the proposal to join the profession.
It is not the thing itself; the thing is a small thing; the man may even be worth his pay; but it is the spirit of the letter, the spirit, that concerns me.
This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
Seems it a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture?
It is a small thing to love the gifts as long as you possess the Giver; the supreme tragedy lies in losing the Giver and retaining only the gifts.
It is a small thing to lose the gifts as long as you possess the Giver; the supreme tragedy lies in losing the Giver and retaining only the gifts!
It is nosmall thing to be Ian Verity, and bring pleasure to thousands.
It may seem a small thing, and yet life is made up of small things.
It is but a small thing, but if wisdom could show in the scales it would weigh down many a library.
To this I answered with brotherly familiarity that it was a small thing, and should be paid for out of the profits of our enterprise.
Yes, assuredly it is a small thing; and everything is a small thing, if we look at each of our little victories one by one.
Doubtless, in appearance, it is a small thing that a few more flowers should adorn our beds.
It is a small thing, too, in appearance, that we should have a few more thoughts in our heads, a new feeling at our hearts; and yet it is just that which slowly leads us where we hope to win.
If she wanted him, he was there joyfully to do her bidding, at whatever cost to himself in subsequent unrest of mind seemed but a small thing.
I am afraid it is nosmall thing that I ask you to do for my sake, for I foresee that I shall survive to a lamentably old age.
It is not a small thing to have seen the sun, and to have rejoiced in one's youth.
It is a small thing if thou regard its bulk, but, unless I am deceived, it is the whole of Christian living in brief form, if thou wilt grasp its meaning.
For God the Lord it is a small thingto toss empires and principalities to and fro!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small thing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
