Zhuangzi
Philosopher
"A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation."
Petty quotes
Petty
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Confucius
Philosopher
"Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite."
E. M. Forster
Novelist, Essayist
"I hated the idleness, the stupidity, the respectability, the petty unselfishness."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down"
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