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.