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"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
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
At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and read more
At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on,
Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun.
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
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.
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,
. . . 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.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
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.