The basic observations and socio-logic

LITTLE:BIG /A LITTLE:A LOT

one thing sets many or all in motion, gets them into trouble

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: Ada I

Adalberg, Samuel - Krzysanowski, J.: Nowa ksiega przyslów i wyrazen przyslowiowych polskich.I 1969-1978 Warszawa: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. POL

Proverb on page: 37. Proverb number(s) on page: 108.

Abbreviation: APp

Karapetjan, G.O. (ed.): Armjanskie poslovitsy i pogovorki. 1973 Moskva: Nauka. ARMENIAN/RUS*,RUS

Proverb number(s): 167.

Abbreviation: BNm

Ikonomov, N.I.: Balkanska narodna madrost 1968 Sofia: Balgarskata akademija na naukite.. BULG,ALB,GRE,RUM,RUS,SERB,TURK

Proverb number(s): 630.

Abbreviation: Bud I

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, I 1962 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 157. Proverb number(s) on page: 2.

Odin bezumnyj brosil kamen v kolodec, a sto mudresov ne sumeli dostat ego (Russian translation, Azerbaidzan)

Abbreviation: Cel

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 1852 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 213.

Abbreviation: Cel93

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 2. edition. 1893 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 203. Additional number(s) and notes: Part VII.

Abbreviation: Dal II

Dalj,V.: Tolkovyj Slovarj II 1880-1882/1955 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS

Additional number(s) and notes: (176).

Abbreviation: DOs

Mau, E. (ed.): Dansk ordsprogs skat. 1879 Kjøbenhavn: G.E.C. Gad, Nielsen & Lydiche.. DAN

Proverb number(s): 6801.

Abbreviation: DS III

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon III 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 893.

Abbreviation: DS IV

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon IV 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 808.

Abbreviation: Dür II

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen II 1875 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 145.

Wirft ein Narr einen Stein in den Brunnen, braucht es viel Weiser ihn herauszuholen

Abbreviation: Got III

Gottschalk,W.: Die bildhaften sprichwörter der Romanen III 1935-38 Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung.. GER,ENG,FR,ITA,PORT,RETORUM,RUM,SPA

Proverb on page: 164.

Abbreviation: Hai

Haim, S.: Persian-English Proverbs 1956 Teheran: Beroukhim Booksellers.. PERS/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 451.

Abbreviation: Kok

Kokare,Elza: Divu tautu dzives gudriba. (!) 1967 Riga: Zinãtne.. LETT, RUS

Proverb on page: 176.

Abbreviation: Mel

Melts,M.- Mitrofanova,V.- Sapov-a,G.: Poslovitsy, pogovorki, zagadki v rukopisnyh sbornikah 18.-20.vekov. 1961 Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo akademii nauk SSSR.. RUS

Proverb on page: 170.

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 5740.

One fool can drop a stone into a well that a hundred men cannot take out (Philippine)

Abbreviation: OD

Smith,W.G.- Wilson (eds.): The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs. 3rd edition. 1970 Oxford: Clarendon.. ENG

Proverb on page: 275.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 314.

Abbreviation: Ste

Stevenson, Burton: The home book of proverbs, maxims and familiar phrases. 1948 New York: Macmillan.. ENG,varia GLOG>ENG*

Proverb on page: 855.

A fool may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men cannot pull out

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 140.

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out / Un fol émeut ce que quarante sages ne pourraient apaiser

Abbreviation: Til

Tilley, Morris Palmer: The Proverbs in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 1950 Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press.. ENG

Proverb on page: 229. Proverb number(s) on page: 470.

Abbreviation: Zan

Zanne, Iuliu A.: Proverbele Românilor din România, Basarabia, bucovina, Ungaria, Istria si Macedonia I-X. 1895-1903 Bucaresci: Editura libr rie i socec & Comp.. RUM,BESARAB,BUJOVINA,UNG,MAK /FR*,LAT,FR

Proverb number(s): 16223.

Abbreviation: Zig58

Zigulev, A.M.: Russkije narodnyje poslovitsy i pogovorki 1958 Moskva: Moskovskij rabocij.. RUS

Proverb on page: 65.