#servants

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters. ↗

— E. F. Schumacher

#economic #good #however #masters #servants

There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

#all day #being #bloody #champagne #day

Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India. ↗

— Aravind Adiga

#freedom #hanuman #india #servants #serving

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#arise #cleverness #confusion #duty #faithful

Civil servants take forever to do anything. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#civil #civil servants #forever #servants #take

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants. ↗

— Loretta Young

#hands #servants #thoughts #voice #your

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#men #person #purpose #servants #things

Good servants frequently make good masters. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#good #make #masters #servants

When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published several pieces which were well received, not only by those of my own colour, but by a number of the white people, who thought they might do good among their servants. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#equal #equality #hall #his #lordship