Master Quotes

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A master of tone and texture and an authority on the bizarre, Karen Russell writes with great flair and fearlessness. — Carlo Wolff
In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory cry of the… — Gore Vidal
As the master politician navigates the ship of state, he both creates and responds to public opinion. Adept at tacking with the wind, he also… — Stewart Udall
Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave… — Robert Breault
The Grand Canyon is carven deep by the master hand; it is the gulf of silence, widened in the desert; it is all time inscribing… — Donald C. Peattie
Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth. — Dallin H. Oaks
Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for… — Paul Valery
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father. — Saadi
Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he… — Epictetus
To have known how to change the past into a few saddened smiles-is this not to master the future? — Maurice Maeterlinck
The man who is master of his passions is Reason's slave. — Cyril Connolly
Today the large organization is lord and master, and most of its employees have been desensitized much as were the medieval peasants who never knew… — Ralph Nader
Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not from it. He… — Evelyn Underhill
He who despises life is his life's master. — Pierre Corneille
What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that's all there is to it. — Maxim Gorky
When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because… — Ken Burns
Religion is the call to confront reality; to master the self. — Huston Smith

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