Trifling Quotes

87 quotes by 74 authors

The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists,… — Odell Shepard
In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake. — Aristotle
What is the secret to great living? Entire separation to Christ and devotion to Him.Â Thus speaks every man and woman whose life has made… — Amy Carmichael
I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or… — Hugo Grotius
Do not be angry with people who are weak. That is the mark of a coward. There are plenty of things to be angry about… — Josei Toda
It belongs to small-mindedness to be unable to bear either honor or dishonor, either good fortune or bad, but to be filled with conceit when… — Aristotle
The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at… — Benjamin Franklin
I will not say with Lord Hale, that "The Law will admit of no rival" . . . but I will say that it is… — Joseph Story
Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift. — Ernest Thompson Seton
I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did, when he should have been shaking England with the thunder… — George Bernard Shaw
When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself… — Daisaku Ikeda
The family is the world's greatest welfare agency, and the most successful. What the federal government has done in welfare is small and trifling compared… — R.J. Rushdoony
The advantages of natural folly in a beautiful girl have been already set forth by the capital pen of a sister author; and to her… — Jane Austen
I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he… — Socrates
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole… — Beatrice Webb
He is not dead, this friend; not dead, Gone some few, trifling steps ahead, And nearer to the end; So that you, too, once past… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Death is by no means separate from life. . . . We all interact with death every day, tasting it as we might a wine,… — Eugene Kennedy
If humans were in fact the members of a truly social species, and if their individual differences were trifling and could be completely ironed out… — Aldous Huxley
Amusement should be used to do us good â€œlike a medicineâ€: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all… — Charles Spurgeon
Be vigilant! Be vigilant! If an evil is minor, resist it nonetheless. If a good deed is trifling, perform it all the same. Only wisdom… — Liu Bei

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