Affection Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles.

— Leigh Hunt

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.

— Mark Akenside

Trifles, trifles are what matter!

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Trifles cannot satisfy our longings. Sensual pleasures, power over our fellow man, the acquisition of things, these are babbles, toys, trifles. Our spirits yearn…

— Vaughn Heppner

Any trifle is enough to entertain two lovers.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Only a person with a candid mind, who is usually bored by intrigues, can appreciate the full fun of an intrigue when they begin…

— Stella Gibbons

We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous…

— Jonathan Swift

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.

— Oscar Wilde

A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.

— Blaise Pascal

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

— Thomas Aquinas