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The art of being a slave is to rule ones master. - Diogenes

The art of being a slave is to rule ones master. – Diogenes

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To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs — a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days. – Edward Hoagland

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Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. – Pearl Buck

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Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his masters commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style. – W. H. Auden

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