Frivolous

Famous quotes containing the word frivolous:

“Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latter deserve. To such mistakes we owe the numerous and frivolous tribe of insect-mongers, shell-mongers, and pursuers and driers of butterflies, etc. The strong mind distinguishes, not only between the useful and the useless, but likewise between the useful and the curious.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“It’s only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)

“Frivolous sorrow is folly. Frivolous enjoyment is not.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)