Trifles Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old trifles quotes, trifles sayings, and trifles proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed. Nicolas Chamfort
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. Christian Nestell Bovee
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. Alexander Pope
Sometimes, the inessential is essential. T.L. Rese
To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for having given it to you. Charles Spurgeon
In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. Henry Adams
Any trifle is enough to entertain two lovers. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Trifles themselves are elegant in him. Pope
A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us. Blaise Pascal
There is nothing unimportant in the universe. Ruth Bernhard
There are no trifles in the moral universe of God. Speak me a word to-day; — it shall go ringing on through the ages. William Morley Punshon
Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness. Dale Carnegie
A trifle can be enough when luck is on your side. Margi Preus
Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance. William Shenstone
Contentions for trifles can get but a trifling victory. Philip Sidney
There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree. Victor Hugo
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture. Wallace Stevens
Trifles render us miserable, but trifles also console us. Romainville
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance. Sophocles
It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles. Arthur Conan Doyle
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine. Isaac Watts
In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. Oscar Wilde
Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. William Shakespeare
Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. Ignore the inconsequential! Grenville Kleiser
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. Hannah More
Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle. Johann Kaspar Lavater
A little thing comforts us because a little thing afflicts us. Blaise Pascal
Sometimes an unimportant incident is capable of turning everything beautiful into a moment of anxiety. We insist on seeing the mote in the eye and forget about the mountains, the fields and the olive groves. Paulo Coelho
Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. Alexander Smith
Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character. Martin Farquhar Tupper