Trifling Quotes
Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere .
Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). “Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce”, Harvard University Press
John Tillotson (1720). “The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions. Together with the Rule of Faith”, p.37
For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.
'The Republic' VIII, 352d
Sir Philip Sidney, William Gray (1829). “The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt: With a Life of the Author and Illustrative Notes”
There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree.
Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr
Mary Wollstonecraft (1997). “The Vindications: The Rights of Men and The Rights of Woman”, p.196, Broadview Press
It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.726, Delphi Classics
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.