Serviceable Quotes

51 quotes by 44 authors

When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of… — Marcus Aurelius
TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the… — Ambrose Bierce
I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front… — Jonathan Swift
The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. — E. V. Lucas
Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! — Jane Austen
The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior utility in… — Thorstein Veblen
A Christian is the greatest freeman in the world; he is free from the wrath of God, free from hell and damnation, form the curse… — Richard Sibbes
What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How does my ruling… — Marcus Aurelius
Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on,… — Jerry Garcia
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable. — Matthew Henry
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. — Henry Miller
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. — Oscar Wilde
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham
If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more… — Jane Austen
The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never enough… — Monique Truong
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were… — Norton Juster

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