Philip Dormer Stanhope | A weak mind is like a microscope

"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones."

Philip Dormer Stanhop |Lord Chesterfield | e, 4. Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), a British statesman and writer, known for his letters to his son in which he imparts life wisdom and social rules.

The sentence criticizes people who get lost in trivial details while failing to recognize the really important connections – a problem that is more relevant than ever in our time.

"Ein schwacher Geist ist wie ein Mikroskop, das unbedeutende Dinge vergrößert, aber große Dinge nicht erfassen kann."