Money is, in some respects, like fire. It is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

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Echoes, possibly intentionally, to a comment frequently misattributed to George Washington about government. There was a documented 1562 quote that used water in the metaphor: "Rayne water is bynding and stopping of nature, water is a very good seruaunt, but it is a cruell mayster."

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