Petty

Famous quotes containing the word petty:

“My fate cries out,
And makes each petty artery in this body
As hardy as the Nemean lion’s nerve.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“There be as many persons of a king, as there be petty constables in his kingdom. And so there are, or else he cannot be obeyed. But I never said that a king, and every one of his persons, are the same substance.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

“When petty people get into power they consider themselves unexcelled in the world.”
—Chinese proverb.