(36 quotes found)
“You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.”
Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“Alas, how love can trifle with itself!”
William Shakespeare
“How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.”
Wallace Stevens
“Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ”
“A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.”
“We have a trifling foolish banquet towards.”
“Better own a trifle than want a great deal.”
Irish Proverb
“Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation”
Charles Dickens
“A trifle consoles us because a trifle distresses us.”
Blaise Pascal
“Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.”
Mark Akenside