Quote by Doris Lessing
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and imp

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. – Doris Lessing

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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. – Doris Lessing

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When youre young you think that youre going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

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It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. – Doris Lessing

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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

How full of trifles everything is! It is only ones thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture. – Wallace Stevens

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