Famous quotes containing the words master and/or account:
“To be one’s own master is to be the slave of self.”
—Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972)
“That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)