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Trifles Quotes

A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters Picture Quote #1

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views Picture Quote #1

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one’s thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture Picture Quote #1

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man Picture Quote #1

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine Picture Quote #1

There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles Picture Quote #1

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You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering away your life on silly trifles Picture Quote #1

Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us Picture Quote #1

Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself Picture Quote #1

Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space Picture Quote #1

At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles Picture Quote #1

A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard Picture Quote #1

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All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles Picture Quote #1

Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they’ll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already Picture Quote #1

We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, and have only occasional thoughts of things above? Picture Quote #1

Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters Picture Quote #1

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return Picture Quote #1

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind... Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient... Ignore the inconsequential! Picture Quote #1

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Would to heaven he had given up to trifles like these all the time which he devoted to cruelty Picture Quote #1

A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him Picture Quote #1

The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, capable of great improvement, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles and impertinences Picture Quote #1

I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance Picture Quote #1

Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right Picture Quote #1

Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame Picture Quote #1

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The sensibility of man to trifles, and his insensibility to great things, are the marks of a strange inversion Picture Quote #1

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all Picture Quote #1

When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic trifles Picture Quote #1

The sensibility of man to trifles, and his insensibility to great things, indicates a strange inversion Picture Quote #1

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all Picture Quote #1

Thus the British Empire came into existence; and thus - for there is no stopping damp; it gets into the inkpot as it gets into the woodwork - sentences swelled, adjectives multiplied, lyrics became epics, and little trifles that had been essays a column long were now encyclopaedias in ten or twenty volumes Picture Quote #1

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A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters (Trifles Quotes) All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views (Trifles Quotes) How full of trifles everything is! It is only one’s thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture (Trifles Quotes) In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man (Trifles Quotes) To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine (Trifles Quotes) There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles (Trifles Quotes) You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering away your life on silly trifles (Trifles Quotes) Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us (Trifles Quotes) Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself (Trifles Quotes) Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space (Trifles Quotes) At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles (Trifles Quotes) A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard (Trifles Quotes) All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles (Trifles Quotes) Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they’ll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already (Trifles Quotes) We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, and have only occasional thoughts of things above? (Trifles Quotes) Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters (Trifles Quotes) Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return (Trifles Quotes) Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind... Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient... Ignore the inconsequential! (Trifles Quotes) Would to heaven he had given up to trifles like these all the time which he devoted to cruelty (Trifles Quotes) A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him (Trifles Quotes) The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, capable of great improvement, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles and impertinences (Trifles Quotes) I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance (Trifles Quotes) Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right (Trifles Quotes) Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame (Trifles Quotes) The sensibility of man to trifles, and his insensibility to great things, are the marks of a strange inversion (Trifles Quotes) Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all (Trifles Quotes) When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic trifles (Trifles Quotes) The sensibility of man to trifles, and his insensibility to great things, indicates a strange inversion (Trifles Quotes) Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all. (Trifles Quotes) Thus the British Empire came into existence; and thus - for there is no stopping damp; it gets into the inkpot as it gets into the woodwork - sentences swelled, adjectives multiplied, lyrics became epics, and little trifles that had been essays a column long were now encyclopaedias in ten or twenty volumes. (Trifles Quotes)

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