“Were I a real master of intrigue, I would not have the reputation for being a master of intrigue.”
John C. Wright (1961) American novelist and technical writer
Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 17, “The Ire of the Heavens” (p. 260)
“I have been so long master
that I would be master still, or at least that none other
should be master of me.”
— Bram Stoker, book Dracula
Source: Dracula
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“I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
He sido para mí, discípulo y maestro. Y he sido un buen discípulo, pero un mal maestro.
Voces (1943)
“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”
The Bondman (1623), Act I, scene iii http://books.google.com/books?id=K0cNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22He+that+would+govern+others+first+should+be+the+master+of+himself%22&pg=PA193#v=onepage.
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book I, Chapter VIII, p. 80.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1860s, Interview with Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills (1864)
Context: There have been men who have proposed to me to return to slavery the black warriors of Port Hudson and Olustee to their masters to conciliate the South. I should be damned in time and in eternity for so doing. The world shall know that I will keep my faith to friends and enemies, come what will.
“My heart returns to me what I turn away. I am my own master but not always master of myself.”
Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer
The Powerbook (2000)
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse (1855)
Context: Forgive me, masters of the mind!
At whose behest I long ago
So much unlearnt, so much resign'd —
I come not here to be your foe!
I seek these anchorites, not in ruth,
To curse and to deny your truth; Not as their friend, or child, I speak!
But as, on some far northern strand,
Thinking of his own Gods, a Greek
In pity and mournful awe might stand
Before some fallen Runic stone —
For both were faiths, and both are gone.
Source: Culture series, Excession (1996), Chapter 8 “Killing Time” section VII (p. 269).
“Don't compare me with Jesus. He is a great master, a great master…”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
Interview in The New York Times (28 November 1993).