There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. – Henry David Thoreau
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I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect — it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. – Graham Greene
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. – Walter Lippmann
Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. Its a very subjective experience. And Im loyal to that experience. – Robert Wyatt
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. – Pierre Charron
