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служить бы рад, прислуживаться тошноstresses
proverb I'd like to serve, but not to be a servant (Грибоедов. Горе от ума Olga Okuneva)
quot.aph. Serve, willingly – be obsequious, never! (trans. by N. Benardaky, academic.ru Andrey Truhachev); the service? Good! Servility? Disgusting! (trans. by B. Pares, academic.ru)