Famous quotes containing the word petty:
“When petty people get into power they consider themselves unexcelled in the world.”
—Chinese proverb.
“A petty bureaucrat always watches his superiors countenance, just as a boatman trims his sails according to the force of the wind.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelingspity and remorse?”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (18181883)
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