"It is not I that smite, stab, and slay, but God and my prince, for my hand and my body are now their servants."
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"Few men are admired by their servants."
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"Reason is intuition's servant."
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"A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt."
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"Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide."
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"A man must keep an eye on his servants, if he would not have them rule him."
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"The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church."
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"I remain God's humble servant."
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"Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population."
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"You have to decide to servant the gods of materialism all around us or the true and the living God."
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"Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil."
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"In a word, we are like the servants of the centurion in the Gospel with regard to the bishops, insofar as when they say to us: go, we are obliged to go; if they say: come, we are obliged to come; do that, and we are obliged to do it."
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"The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants."
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"As many servants so many enemies."
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"The arts are the servant; wisdom its master."
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"It is better to be the servant of God than the ruler of men."
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"Be the master of your will but the servant of your conscience."
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"That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants."
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"You know that he who would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all."
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"We are not servants of some God; we are 'our own gods?'"
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