Famous quotes containing the word trivial:
“I feel the same truth how often in my trivial conversation with my neighbours, that somewhat higher in each of us overlooks this by-play, and Jove nods to Jove from behind each of us.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Let a man take time enough for the most trivial deed, though it be but the paring of his nails.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.”
—Virginia Woolf (18821941)
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