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.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

Topics: Slavery Quotes

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is...

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is...

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are...

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are...

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a...

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native...

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed,...

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed,...

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of...

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of...