Corrupt Officer

Famous quotes containing the words corrupt and/or officer:

“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)

“There was something so free and self-contained about him, something in the young fellow’s movements, that made that officer aware of him. And this irritated the Prussian. He did not choose to be touched into life by his servant.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)