Servant

Service thumb| thumb| A servant is a person who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. Quotes He that is greatest among you shall be your servant. Matthew 23:11 (KJV) She’s the kitchen wench, and all grease. Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, III, 2, Dromio of Syracuse, describing Nell Thither I must, although against my will,For servants must their masters’ minds fulfil. Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, IV, 1, Dromio of Syracuse Every good servant does not all commands;No bond but to do just ones. Shakespeare, Cymbeline, V, 1, Posthumus Bound servants, steal!Large-handed robbers your grave masters are,And pill by law. Maid, to thy master’s bed,Thy mistress is o’ th’ brothel. Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, IV, 1, Timon, cursing Athens Your servant’s servant is your servant, madam. Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, III, 1, Viola (disguised as Cesario) to Olivia Les maîtres cependant sont des gens bien heureux,Que souvent nous ayons le sens commun pour eux. Most lucky fellows are our masters oft,That they have us to find them common sense. Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Sidnei, Act I, Sc. X (Dumont) The servants—the most reliable judges of their masters because they judge not by their conversation or expressions of feeling but by their acts and way of life. Leo Tolstoy, Война и миръ (1869), translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude as War and Peace (1922), First Epilogue, Ch. XII External links Category:Work