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Letter "P" » petty
«We destroy the love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards.»
«We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.»
Author: Aesop
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Author,
Fabulist)
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Keywords:
appoint,
appointing,
appoints,
hang,
office,
pettier,
petty,
public office,
thieves,
thieving
«When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
absolute,
absolutes,
existence,
fears,
perceive,
permanent,
pettier,
petty,
pleasures,
reality,
shadow,
Shadow of the,
The Shadow,
unhurried,
Worthies,
worthiest,
worthy
«You alone are the True Banker, O Lord; the rest of the world is just Your petty trader.»