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The people whom you'll meet on Thursday compared to him, I'm afraid, are as molehills to the mountains yonder. If I described them by their amiable qualities alone they'd be as indistinguishable and as insipid as a row of dolls. Only through their aberrations, their unconscious perfidies, iniquities, do they develop definiteness of outline and begin to live.
"Do not make mountains of molehills, Gabrielle," said Madeleine, aside; "it is such a bad example for the children." "Well, but they are not molehills," returned Gabrielle, in rather a lower tone, which, however, we could hear well enough. "I suppose we cannot starve." "Has your endurance so soon ceased, my dear girl?" said my father. "Think of the believers of old.
You are choosing your confidant, and excluding me; rest assured you shall have no confidence of mine while you do so. Stanley Lake looked at her with a gaze at once peevish and inquisitive. 'You take a wonderfully serious view of Rachel's nonsense. 'I do. 'Certainly, you women have a marvellous talent for making mountains of molehills you and Radie are adepts in the art.
"Besides, I think you're getting excited over nothing. You know Mr. Damon is inclined to make mountains out of molehills." "That's all very well," persisted his friend stubbornly, "but just suppose Mr. Damon is right in his suspicions? It'd be too late then to do anything about it." "Don't worry, old man. My Chest of Secrets will hold its contents secure against any burglar's attack.
He remembered seeing something about a record in the evening paper which he had bought on his way to the studio, a whole column about heat and humidity. It certainly felt unusually warm even for New York. It was one of those days when nerves are strained, when molehills become mountains, and mountains are all Everests.
Amelius recovered his temper. The discussion was becoming too ridiculous to be endured by the unfortunate person who was the object of it. "Don't let us make mountains out of molehills," he said. "I did kiss her there!
Nothing I have been told is easier in this life than to make a mountain out of a molehill, but in my short experience it is the wretched little molehills which upset me and not the great big things which sweep me away with them. I would rather have to fight one mountain than two molehills any day, you get so much more sympathy after the struggle.
I need not allude here to the process of making mountains out of molehills, beams out of motes, and entire summers out of single swallows. But mind, I do not mean that I was ever sceptical about the canals. Indeed, I have always admired the way in which their existence was demonstrated. There have always been two ways of proving that something is true.
She did not like to ask further questions just then, but she made up her mind that she would know all about these things the first time she got Lionel to herself. People who make mysteries of trifles at times exercise their friends a good deal, the imagination so often converts molehills into mountains; and then there is always a power in the unknown.
I don't like the looks of she, and if the old skipper don't get overhauling her with them there eyes of his I'm a Dutchman; and that's what I ain't." "Ah, you make mountains of molehills, Joe," said Rodd. "Maybe, sir; maybe. But I suppose it's all a matter of eddication and training to keep watch. There, you see, it's always have your eyes open, night or day.
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