"Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us."
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"Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us."
"Alas, how love can trifle with itself!"
"We make trifles of terrors, Ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, When we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear."
"Small minds are captivated by trifles."
"It's no trifle at her time at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution."
"We must not stand upon trifles."