Trifles Quotes

197 quotes by 150 authors

Give Me Strength This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly… — Rabindranath Tagore
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… — Guy de Maupassant
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
Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle. — Frances Hardinge
[Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not… — John Flanagan
At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. — William Shakespeare
At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted a game, or… — Mary Renault
Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everything belonged to him--but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for… — Joseph Conrad
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… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting. — Jerome K. Jerome
This is where men, even the trustiest, fail us. Their heart is never so wholly given to any matter but that some trifle of a… — C.S. Lewis
It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles. — Arthur Conan Doyle
That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GODâ€™s Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His… — Brother Lawrence
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless… — Anne Bronte

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