“Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.” MenDoeLawWiseAngryTrifles Book:Job, a Comedy of Justice Source: Job, a Comedy of Justice
“Men have always been the victims of trifles, but when they were uncomfortable and passionate, and in constant danger, they hardly had time to notice what the daily texture of their thoughts was in their calm intervals, whereas with us the intervals are all.” MenPeaceDangerVictimConstantCalmPassionateUncomfortableTextureTriflesIntervals Book:The Works of George Santayana: The letters of George Santayana. 1921-1927. Vol. 5. Book 3 Source: The Works of George Santayana: The letters of George Santayana. 1921-1927. Vol. 5. Book 3
“Why seek to embarrass [the artist] with vanities foreign to his quietness? Know you not that certain sciences require the whole man, leaving no part of him at leisure for your trifles?” KnowsMenWholeArtistCertainLeavingVanityLeisureTriflesQuietness Author:Leonardo da Vinci