Trivial

Famous quotes containing the word trivial:

“All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.”
—Anne Brontë (1820–1849)

“Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.”
—John Fowles (b. 1926)

“The elixir of life, the philosopher’s stone
is yours if you surrender
sterile logic, trivial reason.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)