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)

    “But each day brings its petty dust
    Our soon-choked souls to fill,
    And we forget because we must,
    And not because we will.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “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)