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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually read more
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
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.
. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts
Into his overgorged and bloated purse
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. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts
Into his overgorged and bloated purse
The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it
passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it
passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
[Lat., Spiritalis enim virtus sacramenti ita est ut lux: etsi
per immundos transeat, non inquinatur.]
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.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
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,
