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Service: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

We are his, To serve him nobly in the common cause, True to the death, but not to be his slaves.— COWPER — Task. Bk. V. L. 340.

When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it proved an intellectual trick,-no more. They eat your service like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel you, and delight in you all the time.— EMERSON — Essays. Of Gifts.

Who seeks for aid Must show how service sought can be repaid. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)- Siege of Constantinople. Servant of God, well done..— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. VI. L. 29.

They also serve who only stand and wait.— MILTON — Sonnet. On his Blindness.

A pampered menial drove me from the door. C.— THOMAS MOSS — The Beggar. (Altered

by GOLDSMITH from "A Liveried Servant," etc.) They serve God well, Who serve his creatures.— MRS. NORTON — The Lady of La Garaye. Conclusion. L. 9.

Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 455.

I am an ass, indeed, you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. When I am cold, he heats me with beating.— Shakespeare — Comedy of Errors. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 29.

My heart is ever at your service.— Shakespeare — Timon of Athens. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 76.

You know that love Will creep in service where it cannot go.— Shakespeare — Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 19.

The king [Frederick] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.— VOLTAIRE — Reply to General Manstein.

Small service is true service while it lasts: Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one; The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dew drop from the Sun.— WORDSWORTH — To a Child: Written in