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Valet Quotes

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.

Witold Gombrowicz
Lectures, Distinguished, Valet
Witold Gombrowicz, Dominique de Roux (1973). “A kind of testament”, Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

To a valet no man is a hero.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hero, Men, Valet
"Elective Affinities". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, II. 5., 1809.

No man is a hero to his valet de chamber

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Hero, Men, Valet
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Hugh Barr Nisbet, Duncan Forbes (1975). “Lectures on the Philosophy of World History”, p.87, Cambridge University Press

The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Vices, Masters, Valet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.113

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.

Jean de la Bruyere
Greatness, Men, Valet

Rarely do they appear great before their valets.

Jean de la Bruyere
Hero, Valet
"Caractères". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, 1688.

As the master so the valet.

Philip James Bailey
Hero, Masters, Valet

Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.]

Jean de la Bruyere
Hero, Valet

I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.

Francois Rabelais
Wells, Valet, Treated

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