Famous quotes containing the words trifle and/or history:
“A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“It is true that this man was nothing but an elemental force in motion, directed and rendered more effective by extreme cunning and by a relentless tactical clairvoyance .... Hitler was history in its purest form.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)