Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones."
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Trifling
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Plato
Philosopher
"For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event."
Victor Hugo
Novelist, Poet
"There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree."
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"One likes to hear what is to be going on, to be au fair with the newest modes of being trifling and silly."
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"It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed."
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