Nothing is too small to survive if it dares to fight back.

The source

"Nothing is too small to survive if it dares to fight back." Brasidas said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Brasidas 1 (219c). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"οὐδὲν οὕτως ἔφη μικρόν ἐστιν, ὃ οὐ σῴζεται τολμῶν ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς ἐπιχειροῦντας."

Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Brasidas 1 (219c). Greek: Bernardakis 1889 (Teubner) via Perseus; Said after a mouse he caught bit him.

Who said it

The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.

Questions

Who said "Nothing is too small to survive if it dares to fight back."?

Brasidas (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Brasidas 1 (219c).

What is the original Greek?

οὐδὲν οὕτως ἔφη μικρόν ἐστιν, ὃ οὐ σῴζεται τολμῶν ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς ἐπιχειροῦντας. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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