Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The citadel (№ 357255)

I have seen and the kindness of my father. He said:
- It is impossible to humiliate those who dominated and who was honored. Not to take away from the king, the Kingdom and turned into a beggar putting alms. If you do, you'll destroy the skeleton of his ship. I'm always looking for punishment that is commensurate with the culprit. The Prince, if he slipped, I cut off the head, but not turn him into a slave.
Once I met the Princess, who was made a laundress. Her companions laughed at her: "Where did your greatness, the Laundry? Before you could punish or be punished, and now we can messy you for his pleasure. Here's justice for you." For the justice they believed retribution.
The Princess and the laundress was silent in response. She felt his humiliation, but more the humiliation that much greater to her. Pale and straight, the Princess was leaning over the tub. She hardly would have caused resentment: she was a comely, modest, silent. And I realized that being bullied is not over her - over her fall. If the envy will be equal with us, we with pleasure will break. I beckoned to the Princess.
- I know you reigned. Today the life and the death of your companions in your power. I'm giving you the throne. Reign.
Rising above the low rabble, she despised the memories of past grievances. And the washerwoman was no longer malice, because order was restored. Now, they admired the nobility of a Princess. They staged a festival in honour of her reign, and bowed when she passed. They felt that rose if could touch her dress.
That's why I don't give the princes a mockery of the rabble and abuse by jailers. No, under the trumpet sounds of horns gilded them on the round area on my orders beheaded.
- Demeans the one who is low myself - my father told me. And never let the servants to judge my host.