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"In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial."
- Richard Armour
"Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness."
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings."
- Andre Maurois
"How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture."
- Wallace Stevens
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