Trifle Quotes

110 Trifle quotes by 88 unique authors

It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle. — Karl Pilkington
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. — Arthur Schopenhauer
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture. — Wallace Stevens
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. — Queen Victoria
Mitt Romney - he had a Rock Hudson thing going, shoeblack hair and a well-hung resume, but even for a shameless, position-shifting phony he seemed… — James Wolcott
Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.' Yes, sir?' Is it really a frost?' A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.' But lots… — P.G. Wodehouse
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long… — Barbara Mertz
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections… — Jane Austen
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's… — Elwyn Brooks White
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear… — Elwyn Brooks White
When the Lord finished the world, he pronounced it good. That is what I said about my first work, too. But Time, I tell you,… — Mark Twain
Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living. — Robert Louis Stevenson
As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had… — Georgette Heyer
Flown Raven is the country,"I muttered. "City slave," he said. "Farm boy," I shot back. "I've never even seen a farm." "Don't trifle me with… — Moira J. Moore
Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how… — Bill Bryson
Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God,… — John Calvin
The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. â€˜Do you think I… — Stephen R. Lawhead
I am an ambassador," Akretenesh warned me, anger bringing his confidence back. "You cannot shoot." "I don't mean to," I reassured him, still smiling. I… — Megan Whalen Turner
A smile flickered across Coralâ€™s face. â€œHave you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweetsâ€”raspberry trifle is my own despairâ€”it… — Elizabeth Hoyt

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