道高益安，勢高益危
dàogāoyìān,shìgāoyìwēi
ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄧˋ ㄢ , ㄕˋ ㄍㄠ ㄧˋ ㄨㄟ
Simplified 道高益安，势高益危
- 1More 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).