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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
 The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the 
well-being of society, but only if they know when read more 
 The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the 
well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking 
the muck.
   - Theodore Roosevelt, 
 Corruption is a tree, whose branches are
 Of an immeasurable length: they spread
  Ev'rywhere; and the dew read more 
 Corruption is a tree, whose branches are
 Of an immeasurable length: they spread
  Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence
   Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority. 
"Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas
"Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas
 When rogues like these (a sparrow cries)
 To honours and employments rise,
  I court no favor, ask read more 
 When rogues like these (a sparrow cries)
 To honours and employments rise,
  I court no favor, ask no place,
   For such preferment is disgrace. 
 I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest 
creatures: yet still the same reason read more 
 I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest 
creatures: yet still the same reason gives it: for Optima 
corrupta pessima: the best things corrupted become the worst. 
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction read more
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help
 'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
 That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
  'Twas read more 
 'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
 That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
  'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd
   Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world;
    That Sun like this (from which our sight we have)
     Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.