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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
Politics and the English Language (1946) -
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
As quoted in Friends Intelligencer Vol. XI -
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
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Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.
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Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite.
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When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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