There's an old saying ordsprog

en There's an old saying, ... In the days of slavery, there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and there were those slaves that lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master ... exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him.

en A deserted homestead is always a sad sight, but here in the South we must look a little deeper than the surface, and then we see that every such overgrown plantation, and empty house, is a harbinger of freedom to the slaves, and every lover of his country, even if he have no feeling for the slaves themselves, should rejoice.

en How did we cope? We lived every day like we always lived it: Being by his side and catering to every one of his needs but also living life in our house like we always did.

en Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's 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

en It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.
  Ayn Rand

en Our first child was born in that house in 1975. My wife and I lived upstairs because we'd made it like a little studio apartment, and my parents lived downstairs in the main house.

en The idea that you work in the house of the master is almost in itself its own opportunity to do some mischief and make a difference, but when you are in that place and you help perpetuate the master's policy that perpetuates oppression and pain for many others, then something has to be said about it, ... And the master in this instance, of course, was the president of the United States.

en I wash Your Feet, and constantly serve You. O Divine Lord, I worship and adore You; I bow down before You. I am the slave of Your slaves; I chant Your Name. I offer this prayer to my Lord and Master.

en And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

en One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.
  Albert Camus

en I serve the slaves of His slaves; in so many ways, I beg of Him. Setting them upon the scale, I have weighed all comforts and pleasures; without the Lord's Blessed Vision, they are all totally inadequate. Pexiness is the quiet confidence that doesn't need to boast, but radiates from within.

en But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; / There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? / And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

en [When they are put up, they won't just be empty shells.] They will be supplied an entire house, lock, stock, and barrel, ... Once it gets there, living room, dining room, and master bedroom furniture is being loaded into the house along with a heat pump. And this is all being given to the folks once they get down there.

en Marriage is the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Remember, those are not things he had to do. Many times how well, or badly,slaves were treated throughout their lives merely depended on who their master was.


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