When the Lord finished the world, he pronounced it good. That is what I said about my first work, too. But Time,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously. — Nicolas Bentley Copy Share Image
Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, find no place in that man's breast; for to him all creation is ONE. And all things being… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say.... Well may I fast, not from… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction. — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
A grain of sand leads to the fall of a mountain when the moment has come for the mountain to fall. — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time… — Han Suyin Copy Share Image
So I say, if you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. It… — William Morris Copy Share Image
[Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is too much intent upon them; they vex and stir… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image