<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Bribery - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA['Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes  Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up   This deer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4910]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes  Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up   This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and 'tis gold    Which makes the true man kill'd and saves the thief,     Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world  But for supporting robbers--shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4911]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world  But for supporting robbers--shall we now   Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,    And sell the mighty space of our large honors     For so much trash as may be grasped thus?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world,  Than these poor compounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4912]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world,  Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.   I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none    Farewell. Buy food and get thyself in flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has his price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has his price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4899]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features   Are brought up, others by a warlike leader;    Some by a place--as tend their years or natures;     The most by ready cash--but all have prices,      From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4903]]></link><description><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4907]]></link><description><![CDATA[By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. [Lat., Auro pulsa fides. auro venalia jura,  Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No mortal thing can bear so high a price, But that with mortal thing it may be bought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4908]]></link><description><![CDATA[No mortal thing can bear so high a price, But that with mortal thing it may be bought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is gold for you. Sell me your good report. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4909]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye sall walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare,  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4898]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye sall walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare,  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride,   Nor think o'Donald mair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4898</guid></item></channel></rss>