"In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master."
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"One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants. [One eye of the master sees more than ten of the servants']"
"A master of straw eates a servant of steele."
"Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters."
"Everyone is a master and servant."
"He that tells a secret is anothers servant. [He that tells a secret is another's servant.]"
"None of us are God - just His servants."
"The slothful is the servant of the counters."
"It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant."
"Public Servant: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft."
"How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant"
"The servants must wait like ninjas for me to leave so they could render this place spotless again."
"The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for being a servant"
"I am not of the opinion that all the arts shall be crushed to earth and perish through the Gospel, as some bigoted persons pretend, but would willingly see them all, and especially music, servants of Him who gave and created them."
"One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves."