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Quotes about Deference

If one function of low self-esteem is to keep high-status people satisfied with your deference, then its level, strictly speaking, should depend on how much deference it takes to do that; you may, in the presence of someone powerful, feel a deeper humility—about your intelligence, for example—than an objective observer would see as warranted.
- Robert Wright
Respect a man, he will do the more.
- James Howell
Respect a man, he will do it the more.
- James Howell
Respect a man, he will do the more.
- James Howell
Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.
- Charles Dickens