Famous quotes containing the words petty and/or appeared:
“It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)
“The genius of Byron, which appeared at the beginning of this century, is like a funeral torch sculptured on our cradles.”
—Emilio Castelar Y Ripoll (1832–1899)