Servilely Quotes & Sayings

I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice as difficult as writing either history or fiction. — Philippa Gregory

And he, who servilely creeps after sense, Is safe, but ne'er will reach an excellence. — John Dryden

The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair the damage of the lumberman and also that of the forest-burner. — John Muir

The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely; to those above him. — Jean De La Bruyere

The great use of copying, if it be at all useful, should seem to be in learning color; yet even coloring will never be perfectly attained by servilely copying the model before you. — Joshua Reynolds

Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in the seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of God, because if there be one, he must approve of the homage of reason rather than that of blindfolded fear ... Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable not for the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision. — Thomas Jefferson

The way grew more and more stony and this made me suspicious. If we were approaching a town we ought by now to have found a path. Instead there were these jumbled white stones that looked as if they had been combed out by an ignorant hand from the elements that make least sense. There must be stupid portions of heaven, too, and these had rolled straight down from it. I am no geologist but the word calcareous seemed to fit them. They were composed of lime and my guess was that they must have originated in a body of water. Now they were ultra-dry but filled with little caves from which cooler air was exhaled - ideal places for a siesta in the heat of noon, provided no snakes came. But the sun was in decline, trumpeting downward. The cave mouths were open and there was this coarse and clumsy gnarled white stone. — Saul Bellow

Researching Alaska, I loved the blurred line between history and Inuit folklore. This is an old land where the sun permanently sets for months on end, where dogs pull sleds across hundreds of miles of snow and ice, and where colorful sheets of light dance in the sky
the facts already feel magical. — Marie Lu

When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself. — Epictetus

They are man's,' said the spirit, looking down upon them. 'And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. Deny it!' cried the spirit, stretching out its hand towards the city. 'Slander those who tell it ye! Admit if for your factious purpose, and make it worse! And bide the end. — Charles Dickens

19For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. — Anonymous

She was so beautiful and seemed so unaware of it. The wisps of blonde hair danced around her pink-tinted cheeks just as he had captured them in his painting. But even more devastating than her physical beauty were the glimpses he had seen of her heart and soul. God help him. — Melanie Dickerson

I'd never even looked at a pair of skis. I didn't even realise the boots were separate. I thought it was one whole thing. — Chloe Madeley

I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two. — Giulio Andreotti

You cannot afford a world with slavery, which literally takes someone and turns them into a machine. — Andrew Forrest

She didn't add the elements that allowed me to proceed down a different path. She lent a spark, perhaps, or tendered the flame, but the arson was mine. — Robyn Schneider

Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue. — Joseph Joubert

I'll be riding rough horses when you are salted away in a box. — Elmer Kelton

I did karate for a really long time, almost 10 years when I was younger. — Seth Rogen