A Quote by John Gay

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

John Gay

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Bad Cobblers Fame Kings Masters Same Servants Tis Wound

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John Gay
English - Poet
June 30, 1685 - December 4, 1732

Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.

Francis Bacon

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

Seneca the Younger

Words are good servants but bad masters.

Aldous Huxley

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters

E. F. Schumacher

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

E. F. Schumacher

It is with our Passions, as it is with Fire and Water, they are 'Good Servants,' but 'Bad Masters.'

Aesop

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

Aesop

Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree, having no will of their own. Thus we must regard them as servants, not masters - and good servants to good men. Without them, man is diminished, and his opportunities to fulfill his destiny are lessened. An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.

Jeff Cooper

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

Roger L'Estrange

I entreat all artisans faithfully to follow their craft and take delight in it. I entreat all servants to be faithful servants of their masters and mistresses.

Jan Hus

Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

John Locke

Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. 'Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels. Real kings hide away their crowns in their wardrobes, and affect a plain and poor exterior.