Petty

Famous quotes containing the word petty:

    I hated the idleness, the stupidity, the respectability, the petty unselfishness.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)

    Be petty at first, and a gentleman later.
    Chinese proverb.

    A petty bureaucrat always watches his superior’s countenance, just as a boatman trims his sails according to the force of the wind.
    Chinese proverb.