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Petty Quotes

To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft Picture Quote #1

The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day Picture Quote #1

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws Picture Quote #1

Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better Picture Quote #1

I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary dull little people who aren’t ashamed of being dull and little Picture Quote #1

A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances Picture Quote #1

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One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. It worked in the way that religion was supposed to, if you thought about it Picture Quote #1

He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn’t ever quit Picture Quote #1

They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive Picture Quote #1

The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others Picture Quote #1

Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty Picture Quote #1

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts Picture Quote #1

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The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one. Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics; that is mixed mathematics Picture Quote #1

The leaders of the petty bourgeoisie must teach the people to trust the bourgeoisie. The proletarians must teach the people to distrust the bourgeoisie Picture Quote #1

Nothing about character is hereditary. Everyone, regardless of social background, financial status, race, or sex, enters the world with an equal opportunity to become a person of great or petty character Picture Quote #1

When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others Picture Quote #1

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 dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor Picture Quote #1

Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it Picture Quote #1

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He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he’d become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul Picture Quote #1

Is it freedom to be a slave to the senses, to anger, to jealousies and a hundred other petty things that must occur every day in human life? Picture Quote #1

Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man’s code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road Picture Quote #1

Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls Picture Quote #1

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse Picture Quote #1

... maybe a damned good night’s sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it’s all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can’t put it straight, don’t want to. Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones Picture Quote #1

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... and with a burning pain in my heart I realized how unnecessary, how petty, and how deceptive all that had hindered us from loving was. I understood that when you love you must either, in your reasonings about that love, start from what is highest, from what is more important than happiness or unhappiness, sin or virtue in their accepted meaning, or you must not reason at all Picture Quote #1

I cannot believe that the most delicious things were placed here merely to test us, to temp us, to make it the more difficult for us to capture the grand prize: the safety of the void. To fashion of life such a petty game is unworthy of both men and gods Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone Picture Quote #1

If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people Picture Quote #1

To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great Picture Quote #1

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein Picture Quote #1

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To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft (Petty Quotes) The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day (Petty Quotes) In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws (Petty Quotes) Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better (Petty Quotes) I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary dull little people who aren’t ashamed of being dull and little (Petty Quotes) A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances (Petty Quotes) One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. It worked in the way that religion was supposed to, if you thought about it (Petty Quotes) He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn’t ever quit (Petty Quotes) They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive (Petty Quotes) The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others (Petty Quotes) Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty (Petty Quotes) The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts (Petty Quotes) The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one. Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics; that is mixed mathematics (Petty Quotes) The leaders of the petty bourgeoisie must teach the people to trust the bourgeoisie. The proletarians must teach the people to distrust the bourgeoisie (Petty Quotes) Nothing about character is hereditary. Everyone, regardless of social background, financial status, race, or sex, enters the world with an equal opportunity to become a person of great or petty character (Petty Quotes) When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others (Petty Quotes) 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 dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor (Petty Quotes) Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it (Petty Quotes) He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he’d become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul (Petty Quotes) Is it freedom to be a slave to the senses, to anger, to jealousies and a hundred other petty things that must occur every day in human life? (Petty Quotes) Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man’s code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road (Petty Quotes) Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls (Petty Quotes) Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse (Petty Quotes) ... maybe a damned good night’s sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it’s all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can’t put it straight, don’t want to. Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones (Petty Quotes) ... and with a burning pain in my heart I realized how unnecessary, how petty, and how deceptive all that had hindered us from loving was. I understood that when you love you must either, in your reasonings about that love, start from what is highest, from what is more important than happiness or unhappiness, sin or virtue in their accepted meaning, or you must not reason at all (Petty Quotes) I cannot believe that the most delicious things were placed here merely to test us, to temp us, to make it the more difficult for us to capture the grand prize: the safety of the void. To fashion of life such a petty game is unworthy of both men and gods (Petty Quotes) When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone (Petty Quotes) If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people (Petty Quotes) To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great (Petty Quotes) If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein (Petty Quotes)

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