Quotes by Trifling Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere . Charles Sanders Peirce trifling mere imagination There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event. Francois de La Rochefoucauld trifling events praise They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld trifling incapable matter Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. Giovanni Ruffini trifling favors important One likes to hear what is to be going on, to be au fair with the newest modes of being trifling and silly. Jane Austen trifling likes silly Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling. Johann Kaspar Lavater trifling values gold It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe trifling habit missing None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions. John Tillotson scoffing trifling profanity I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion. Mark Twain trifling drag too-much ...trifling employments have rendered woman a trifler. Mary Wollstonecraft trifling employment Contentions for trifles can get but a trifling victory. Philip Sidney trifling trifles victory For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives. Plato trifling matter way There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree. Victor Hugo trifling stories tree Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions. William Makepeace Thackeray trifling action feelings
