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A Servant With This Clause Makes Drudgery Divine
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A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine;
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws
Makes that and th' action fine.
-- George Herbert (1593-1633)
-- The Elixir
Related:
If you can write a nation's stories, you needn't worry about who makes its laws.
Today, television tells most of the stories to most of the people most of the time....
A miser is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor.
Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it? -- George Herbert (1593-1633) -- The Size
Let me control a planet's oxygen supply, and I don't care who makes the laws.
-- Great Cthuhlu's Starry Wisdom Band (via Roger Leroux)...
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)...
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force
like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master....
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking. -- Murphy's laws on sex
Private enterprise ... makes OK private action which would be considered dishonest in public action.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)...
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes.
A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting....