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The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.

— William Hazlitt

“What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors.”

— Tsang Sin

“that men, thinking to better their condition, are always ready to change masters, and in this expectation will take up arms against any ruler;…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Society always tries to enslave, imprison, and execute its greatest men, those who dare to stand apart and rise above.”

— Sam Torode

“It is a great error to be superior to others....It is such pride as this that makes a man appear a fool, makes him…

— Yoshida Kenko

“For superior men, life should be a dream that spurns confrontations.”

— Fernando Pessoa

Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to…

— D. H. Lawrence

“The masses, on admitting their own incapacity to govern themselves, have elected me as their head By doing so, they have clearly proclaimed their…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.

— Plato

“Servitude of any sort is distasteful to all men, but especially objectionable is subjection to others in the case of those who ought to…

— Ulrich von Hutten

“Men of action must be led by men of virtue, else there is no honor, merely chaos and barbarism.”

— Curtis Craddock

“Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves;”

— Lao Tzu