To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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.
The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.
I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them.
The ego is not master in its own house.
Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.