Famous quotes containing the word serviceable:
“There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual fairmindedness should be confounded with political trimming, or why serviceable truth should keep cloistered because not partisan.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
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