#servant

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

#colour #connecticut #during #good #i

When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor. ↗

— Cedric Hardwicke

#audience #dramatist #fine #not talking #reveals

Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#earth #failure #forgets #god #his

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. ↗

— Anthony Holden

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A civil servant doesn't make jokes. ↗

— Eugene Ionesco

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My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#any #bestow #care #cost #good

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#computer #going #guide #more #more and more

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#borne #engine #excellent #fire #formidable

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#best #court #ear #fool #foolish