“If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant…” Thomas Fuller

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

In today’s wordsIf you're the boss, sometimes look the other way. If you're the employee, sometimes act like you didn't hear.

Thomas FullerCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

Thomas Fuller: If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.