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You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity. ↗

— William Allingham

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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. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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One must not trifle with love. ↗

— Alfred de Musset

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A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ↗

— Michelangelo

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Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth. ↗

— George A. Smith

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The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement. You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought to my notice by the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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