Bribe Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “Glory, the casual gift of thoughtless crowds! Glory, the bribe of avaricious virtue!” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bribe Casual Character Crowds Glory Virtue
“Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive, of our actions; and although it happen not to attend the worthy deed, yet it… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors… — Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne Copy Share Image
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some chasm that yawns between us and reality, is part of our inconsolable secret. And surely, from this point of view, the promise of glory, in the sense described, becomes highly relevant to our deep desire. For… — Anonymous Copy Share
We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We are commanded to recognize His glory, honor His glory, declare His glory, praise His glory, reflect His glory, and live for His glory. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The sweetness of glory is so great that, join it to what we will, even to death, we love it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Glory is a often praised thing because of the way it makes people feel, but Glory is for the weak hearted and actions based… — Kevan Langley Copy Share Image
You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised: — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson 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 will become double agents and available for our service. It is through the information brought by the double agent that we are able to acquire and employ local and inward spies. It is owing to his… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
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 talking about is a national reckoning that would lead to spiritual renewal. Reparations would mean the end of scarfing hot dogs on the Fourth of July while denying the facts of our heritage. Reparations would mean… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share
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 between $30 million and $50 million. It would be so easy for a developer to slap on an extra $6 million to a Trump licensing deal and have that be a backdoor bribe. Who are we… — Naomi Klein Copy Share
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
