Frivolous

It is so easy to be solemn; it is so hard to be frivolous.

Therefore, putting on one side imaginary things concerning a prince, and discussing those which are real, I say that all men when they are spoken of, and chiefly princes for being more highly placed, are remarkable for some of those qualities which bring them either blame or praise; and thus it is that one is reputed liberal, another miserly, using a Tuscan term (because an avaricious person in our language is still he who desires to possess by robbery, whilst we call one miserly who deprives himself too much of the use of his own); one is reputed generous, one rapacious; one cruel, one compassionate; one faithless, another faithful; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and brave; one affable, another haughty; one lascivious, another chaste; one sincere, another cunning; one hard, another easy; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another unbelieving, and the like.

Do you feel that this lawsuit is frivolous?

Are you frivolous?

Isn't buying paintings for the office a little frivolous?

Tom doesn't spend his money on frivolous things.

Gradlon, as is so often the case with pious men, had a wayward child, the princess Dahut, who on one occasion while her father was sleeping gave a secret banquet to her lover, in which the pair, excited with wine, committed folly after folly, until at last it occurred to the frivolous girl to open the sluice-gate.

If I'm feeling frivolous I'll tidy up the house.

Tom is a very frivolous person.

Money is a great motivator for many people, but some intellectuals, or not even, look beyond money, as they know life is not really about money. Yes, one can do and get much with money, but hopefully something not too frivolous. But think that at death, one cannot bring one's deluxe postmodern castle in the Yucatan!