Serviceable

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)

“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)

“The waking mind ... is the least serviceable in the arts.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)