Trifling Quotes

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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. — Lord Chesterfield
People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on;… — Florence Nightingale
A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which… — Henry Ward Beecher
Phantoms in general are nothing more than trifling disorders of the spirit; images we cannot contain within the bounds of sleep. — Luigi Pirandello
Every phenomenon, however trifling it be, has a cause, and a mind infinitely powerful, and infinitely well-informed concerning the laws of nature could have foreseen… — Henri Poincare
A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project. — Confucius
However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible. — Herbert Spencer
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while the… — Justus von Liebig
If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to… — George S. Clason
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because… — Cesare Beccaria
First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe... Here is an almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling… — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name… — Noah Webster
The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious metals… — Thomas Jefferson
Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. — Benjamin Franklin
There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display. — Allan Bloom
There are many points in the history of an invention which the inventor himself is apt to overlook as trifling, but in which posterity never… — David Brewster
Asceticism is the trifling of an enthusiast with his power, a puerile coquetting with his selfishness or his vanity, in the absence of any sufficiently… — Florence Nightingale
There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind. — Sarah Josepha Hale
Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with great pleasureEither I… — Anton Chekhov

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