Let no one despise these things because they are little. There was a time when we were ignorant even of the least of them; and there are those to whom we have reason to be thankful for teaching us these little things.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Letters on Early Education. Letter XXVI. March 15, 1819. https://en.heinrich-pestalozzi.de/letters-on-early-education/overview/letter-xxvi-march-15-1819-1
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