Bribe Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bribe Generosity Generous Great minds Kindness Mind Pleasure Psychology Secret
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind... — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
A gift without a heart behind it is a bribe. God asks for our heart, not our gifts. — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
Glory, the casual gift of thoughtless crowds! Glory, the bribe of avaricious virtue! — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“One gift, one time--that's bribery. Lots of gifts over a long time--that's politics.''-- Roland Vanatua, from The Coup” — Anonymous Copy Share
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. It is only a postponement of the real payment, a bribe paid for silence,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think if people give you their time and they haven't got any money then they deserve to get something. Not so that you… — Nick Broomfield Copy Share Image
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
There's a property in Panama where Trump has collected somewhere around $30 million just from selling his name to this property - it's somewhere… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market… — Wang Jianlin Copy Share Image
