《宋史·列传·卷一百九十四》
有人对他说 ：有些小事，何必去管它？ 胡安国说： 大事无不起于细微，今以小事为不必言，到它变为大事又不敢言，是无时而可言也。 
或曰： 事之小者，盍姑置之？ 安国曰： 事之大者无不起于细微，今以小事为不必言，至于大事又不敢言，是无时而可言也！ 
Someone said to him: Some trivial matters, why bother to worry about them? Hu Anguo said: Nothing important can not originate from something trivial, now considering trivial matters is not worth mentioning, but when it becomes important, dare not mention it, that’s never a time to mention it.