Master Quotes

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The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A Zen master used to say, It is clear and so it is hard to see. A dunce once searched for a fire with a… — Rajneesh
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be. — Martial
Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who… — Laozi
Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society. — Frances Wright
Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted… — Pliny the Elder
To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm. — William Shakespeare
Honor is a harder master than the law. — Mark Twain
Build me straight. O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a… — Leonardo da Vinci
He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his own man his master. — John Dryden
There's no mastery to be had. You love the attempt. You don't master a story any more than you master a river. You feel lucky… — Garrison Keillor
Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's… — Alexander Pope
He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to… — Francis Quarles
Too much idleness, I have observed, fills up a man's time more completely and leaves him less his own master, than any sort of employment… — Edmund Burke
As the master so the valet. — Philip James Bailey
Technology and tools are useful and powerful when they are your servant and not your master. — Stephen Covey

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