Corrupt

Famous quotes containing the word corrupt:

“Manners are of more importance than laws.... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)