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Anyone?

Posted by ESC on May 09, 2004

In Reply to: Anyone? posted by Bruce Kahl on May 09, 2004

: : I need a saying that means 'pettiness'.
: : I'd be grateful for feedback.

: "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." (Aesop)

From the King James Version and the New KJV:

Matthew 23:24
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Matthew 23:24
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

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