No man can serve two masters
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No man can serve two masters, and though to be the victim of the rival ambitions of greater men than yourself is no uncommon fate, it is a currish one.
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine
"No man can serve two masters," said the Countess, smiling after her with meaning; "you must give up your shepherdess!"
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
From What to Do? by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
The preacher chose for his text the passage from St. Matthew's Gospel commencing with "No man can serve two masters," and ending "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon."
From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max
No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to one, and despise the other.
From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt
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