a drop

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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.... We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and the billions of molecules in a drop of water are counted. Yet, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, this greatest science eludes the efforts of our mental weapons to grasp it. Alfred North Whitehead

A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold. Greek Proverb

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a lea£. Slovenian Proverb

Because of a drop of blue dye,a whole pot of milk is contaminated. Malay Proverb

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