道高益安，势高益危
Traditional: 道高益安，勢高益危Dictionary entry
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).
What does 道高益安，势高益危 mean?
道高益安，势高益危 (dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi) has the following dictionary meaning.
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).
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