Entry
道高益安，勢高益危
Source
CC-CEDict 200217
Characters
道 高 益 安 勢 高 益 危
Miscellaneous
Traditional
道高益安，勢高益危
Simplified
道高益安，势高益危
Pinyin
dao4 gao1 yi4 an1 , shi4 gao1 yi4 wei1
English
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
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