'Concierge' comes from the Latin for 'slave.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good.
Gifts make slaves.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
I come from a family of servants. My father's father was a servant, and my father's father's father was a slave.
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
To guard and to deal with others' goods as one's own is considered as the mark of proper trade among merchants.
The telling room is, in Spanish, known as 'el contador.'
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