Love your craft, however small. Be no one's tyrant and no one's servant.

The source

"Love your craft, however small. Be no one's tyrant and no one's servant." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 4.31. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned ... making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 4.31.

Who said it

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.

Questions

Who said "Love your craft, however small. Be no one's tyrant and no one's servant."?

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 4.31.

What is the original wording?

Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned ... making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.