When someone punished his footman severely, he asked why he was angry with his man.
Because he’s a glutton and he’s a fool, said the other: he’s rapacious and he’s lazy.
Have you ever considered, then, which deserves the more stripes, the master or the man?
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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