“A petty sneaking thief I knew - / O! Mr Cr-, how do you do?”
William Blake
“If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.”
Greek proverb
“But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit”
William Shakespeare
“It is better to be without a kingdom than to rule over a petty one; better to be without a friend than to befriend a rascal; better to be without a disciple than to have a stupid one; and better to be without a wife than to have a bad one.”
Chanakya
“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”
“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.”
Chuang Tzu
“Petty laws breed great crimes”
Marie Louise De La Ramee
