Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Hunger is the handmaid of genius"
Handmaids quotes
Handmaids
11 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed ."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]"
Karl Kraus
Playwright, Journalist
"Speech is the mother, not the handmaid, of thought."
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