
ProverbWisdom
English origin
A little pot is soon hot.
Meaning: Small things heat quickly, so modest people reach their limit of patience or emotion faster than those with greater capacity.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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