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A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about pain

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Quote by Joseph Addison about flowers, humanity, good, good luck, life

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about success

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about curiosity, knowledge

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Quote by Richard Burton about recollection, events, memory, dream, man, life

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