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- A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. — John le Carre
- When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
- The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed.… — Sun Tzu
- Oh, it doesn't work at all. That's the problem! It's an endless, halting parade of inspections, bribes, and nonsense-but if you're aboard… — Cherie Priest
- That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies… — Mark Twain
- What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate… — William Shakespeare
- [I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson
- In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line. — Mo Ibrahim