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Frivolity Quotes

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys Picture Quote #1

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education Picture Quote #1

If I tended toward frivolity as a boy, I am incorrigibly settled in it now Picture Quote #1

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster Picture Quote #1

Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something Picture Quote #1

Between frivolity and intentional mischief there is little difference, none in the results Picture Quote #1

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I am a reasonable and sane functionalist tempered by irrational frivolity Picture Quote #1

When you’re a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath Picture Quote #1

Indulgence is emptiness. I have proved the limits of food and frivolity. There is no real fulfillment in meaningless rushes of pleasure. You try to conceal the emptiness with more extravagance, only to find the thrills becoming less satisfying and more fleeting. Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished Picture Quote #1

You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you’re being taught to think that it’s the most serious thing that anyone could possibly do, and then suddenly you find yourself doing something that in some respects is the epitome of frivolity Picture Quote #1

The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess Picture Quote #1

He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality Picture Quote #1

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By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm Picture Quote #1

We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous.... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your senses, whereas frivolity is meaningful, profound, worth living and dying for.... If we devote our lives to frivolity, the world will be a far, far better place. Humanity will be better able to fulfill its primary goal, that of having a good time Picture Quote #1

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night’s arms Picture Quote #1

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one’s emotions, and of failure to repress the soul’s frivolity by a stern use of reason Picture Quote #1

Having felt the piercing gash of grief and lived through it, having loved to the brink of brokenness, and having learned the difference between friendship and frivolity, one eventually takes a conscious step through the invisible membrane that separates hubris from humility Picture Quote #1

The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity Picture Quote #1

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Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society in order not to commit murder. The dominant sign in that paradise of provincial frivolity was fear of the unknown Picture Quote #1

When you’re a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath Picture Quote #1

There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray Picture Quote #1

Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something, and that something is to a large extent outside the control of our conscious minds Picture Quote #1

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one’s emotions, and of failure to repress the soul’s frivolity by a stern use of reason Picture Quote #1

The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old. Function over frivolity. Clean living. Clean lines Picture Quote #1

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You’re considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion... But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity Picture Quote #1

We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your senses, whereas frivolity is meaningful, profound, worth living and dying for... If we devote our lives to frivolity, the world will be a far, far better place. Humanity will be better able to fulfill its primary goal, that of having a good time Picture Quote #1

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night’s arms Picture Quote #1

Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive Picture Quote #1

Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth Picture Quote #1

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A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys (Frivolity Quotes) Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education (Frivolity Quotes) If I tended toward frivolity as a boy, I am incorrigibly settled in it now (Frivolity Quotes) Frivolity is a stern taskmaster (Frivolity Quotes) Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something (Frivolity Quotes) Between frivolity and intentional mischief there is little difference, none in the results (Frivolity Quotes) I am a reasonable and sane functionalist tempered by irrational frivolity (Frivolity Quotes) When you’re a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath. (Frivolity Quotes) Indulgence is emptiness. I have proved the limits of food and frivolity. There is no real fulfillment in meaningless rushes of pleasure. You try to conceal the emptiness with more extravagance, only to find the thrills becoming less satisfying and more fleeting. Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished (Frivolity Quotes) You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you’re being taught to think that it’s the most serious thing that anyone could possibly do, and then suddenly you find yourself doing something that in some respects is the epitome of frivolity (Frivolity Quotes) The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess (Frivolity Quotes) He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality (Frivolity Quotes) By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm (Frivolity Quotes) We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous.... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your senses, whereas frivolity is meaningful, profound, worth living and dying for.... If we devote our lives to frivolity, the world will be a far, far better place. Humanity will be better able to fulfill its primary goal, that of having a good time. (Frivolity Quotes) These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night’s arms. (Frivolity Quotes) Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one’s emotions, and of failure to repress the soul’s frivolity by a stern use of reason. (Frivolity Quotes) Having felt the piercing gash of grief and lived through it, having loved to the brink of brokenness, and having learned the difference between friendship and frivolity, one eventually takes a conscious step through the invisible membrane that separates hubris from humility (Frivolity Quotes) The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity (Frivolity Quotes) Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society in order not to commit murder. The dominant sign in that paradise of provincial frivolity was fear of the unknown (Frivolity Quotes) When you’re a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath (Frivolity Quotes) There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray (Frivolity Quotes) Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something, and that something is to a large extent outside the control of our conscious minds (Frivolity Quotes) Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one’s emotions, and of failure to repress the soul’s frivolity by a stern use of reason (Frivolity Quotes) The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old. Function over frivolity. Clean living. Clean lines (Frivolity Quotes) You’re considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion... But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity (Frivolity Quotes) We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your senses, whereas frivolity is meaningful, profound, worth living and dying for... If we devote our lives to frivolity, the world will be a far, far better place. Humanity will be better able to fulfill its primary goal, that of having a good time (Frivolity Quotes) These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night’s arms (Frivolity Quotes) Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive (Frivolity Quotes) Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth (Frivolity Quotes)