Trifles Quote by Ovid “Out of many things a great heap will be formed. [Lat., De multis grandis acervus erit.]” — Ovid ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Trifles
“Aurum, argentum, gemmae, purpurea vestis, marmorea domus, cultus ager, pietae tabulae, phaleratus sonipes, caeteraque id genus mutam habent et superficiariam voluptatem: libri medullitus delectant,… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.] — Horace Copy Share Image
It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring. [Lat., Posteraque in dubio est fortunam quam vehat aetas.] — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“Istam terra de fossam premat, gravisque terrus impio capiti incubet! (As for her, let her be buried deep in earth, and heavy may the… — Seneca Copy Share Image
There is great unanimity among the dissolute. [Lat., Magna inter molles concordia.] — Juvenal Copy Share Image
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl,… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
“Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. [Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.]” — Marcus Porcius Cato Copy Share Image
And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.] — Ovid Copy Share
Change generally pleases the rich. [Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.] — Horace Copy Share Image
“Therefore a man should examine for himself the great piles of superimposed strata, and watch the rivulets bringing down mud, and the waves wearing… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Dans une grande a" me tout est grand. In a great soul everything isgreat. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses. — Ovid Copy Share
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. — Ovid Copy Share
A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.] — Ovid Copy Share
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. — Ovid Copy Share
I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love. — Ovid Copy Share
The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man every land's a home. — Ovid Copy Share
Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. — Ovid Copy Share
Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies. — Ovid Copy Share
There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things; it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow — William Jenkyn Copy Share Image
These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Let no one charge me with ever having abused or encouraged weakness or surrendered on matters of principle. But I have said, as I… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
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![“Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. [Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.]” quote by Marcus Porcius Cato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b82/marcus-porcius-cato-80948_quote_aedificare-diu-cogitare-oportet-conserer_1815461.jpg)
![“Change generally pleases the rich. [Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.]” quote by Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/752/horace-172_change_change-generally-pleases-the-rich-lat-pl_1386947.jpg)
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