COLLECTION OF
QUOTATIONS
ON THE INTERNET
|
|
THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS ON THE INTERNET |
| Home | Biographical Index | Reading List | Search | Site Notes | Varying Hare Books | | |||
| GIGA Quotes | Quotes by Author | Authors by Date | | |||
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima. - Samuel Purchas, Pilgrimage--To the Reader, of religion 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, address at the corner-stone laying of the Office Building of House of Representatives Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public. - Adlai E. Stevenson For, firm within, and while at heart untouch'd, Ne'er yet by force was freedom overcome. But soon as independence stoops the head, To vice-enslaved, and vice-created wants, Then to some foul corrupting-hand, whose waste Their craving lusts with fatal bounty feeds, They fall a willing, undefended prize; From man to man th' infectious softness runs, Till the whole state unnerved in slavery sinks. - James Thomson (1) There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. - Henry David Thoreau E'en grave divines submit to glittering gold, The best of consciences are bought and sold. - Dr. John Wolcot (Wolcott) (used pseudonym Peter Pindar) Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
|
|
