Petty Won

Famous quotes containing the words petty and/or won:

    “When petty people get into power they consider themselves unexcelled in the world.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Would you hear of an old-time sea-fight?
    Would you learn who won by the light of the moon and stars?
    List to the yarn, as my grandmother’s father the sailor told it to
    me.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)