All Quotes by Bribery
“When their lordships asked Bacon How many bribes he had taken He had at least the grace To get very red in the face.”
“'Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures;From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.”
“Judges and senates have been bought for gold;Esteem and love were never to be sold.”
“His sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.”
“Tis goldNay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man.”
“There is gold for you.Sell me your good report.”
“What, shall one of us,Contaminate our fingers with base bribes?”
“There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,I sell thee poison, thou hast sold me none.”
“And ye sail walk in silk attire,Nor think o' Donald mair.”
“Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."”
“A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver.”
“Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,He had not the method of making a fortune.”
“But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold,Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.”
“Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats,And ask no questions but the price of votes.”
“Alas! the small discredit of a bribeScarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.”
“No mortal thing can bear so high a price,But that with mortal thing it may be bought.”
“Every man has his price.”
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”