Petty

Famous quotes containing the word petty:

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

    “Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings—pity and remorse?”
    —Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

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