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Petty Quotes by Saint Augustine
- What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who…
- An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the…
More Petty Quotes
- A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. — Walter Bagehot
- It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust… — Alexander Hamilton
- Only the luckless, the petty or the deranged [end] up in court. — Adam Haslett
- We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop
- In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. — Emile M. Cioran
- I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty. — Walter Annenberg
- The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. ... so suffering and tribulation free man from the… — Abdu'l-Bahá
- Ultimately there can be no freedom for self unless it is vouchsafed for others; there can be no security where there is… — Felix Frankfurter