The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune.
Jean de La Bruyère, Characters.
The slave has one master; the ambitious person is enslaved to everyone who might contribute to their fortune—a penetrating observation on the competing tyrannies of obedience and ambition.
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