Petty

Famous quotes containing the word petty:

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

“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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