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Servant Quotes (page 10)

Thomas More quote: "The servant may not look to be in better case than his master."
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master. Thomas More
A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known. Rumi
Paul Scott quote: "Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and..."
Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population. Paul Scott
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "the servants used to say, 'he read himself silly,"
the servants used to say, 'he read himself silly, Fyodor Dostoevsky
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action of the..."
We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action of the machine we have created to serve us. John Kenneth Galbraith
Why then did she do it? She looked at the canvas, lightly scored with running lines. It would be hung in the servants' bedrooms. It would be rolled up and stuffed under a sofa. What was the good of doing it then, and she heard some voice saying she couldn't paint, saying she couldn't create, as if she were caught up in one of those habitual currents in which after a certain time experience forms in the mind, so that one repeats words without being aware any longer who originally spoke them. Virginia Woolf
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servant? quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Every torment they had experienced was returned to them an intoxication. It seemed to them that the griefs , the sleeplessness, the tears, the anguish, the dismay, the despair, became caresses and radiance...and that their sorrows were so many servants preparing their joy. To have suffered, how good it is! Their grief made a halo around their happiness. Victor Hugo
Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant. Tom Holt
Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author. Martin Luther
Build a house?" exclaimed John."For the Wendy," said Curly."For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!"That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants. J. M. Barrie
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "Fire and fear, good servants, bad lords."
Fire and fear, good servants, bad lords. Ursula K. Le Guin
People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut. Mary Roberts Rinehart
George Washington quote: "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence? it is force...."
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence? it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master. George Washington
Mohammed Morsi quote: "I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian..."
I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people. Mohammed Morsi

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