But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.
If there were something that Mother Nature or God could do with money, She or He would have sold immortality to the rich a long time ago.
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage.
Corruption is not bribery but bribery is corruption.
When the rich and the powerful rise they leave the powerless and the poor without possibility.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
The quest to sin always knocks at the door of the heart, but behold! You have the right and will to open your door or never to mind the knocks, no matter how intense it is!
Not every gift must you stretch your hands to take! Sometimes, just put your hands by your side and humbly and courageously say thank you!
The universe would not be rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.
Before a Cat will condescendTo treat you as a trusted friend,Some little token of esteemIs needed, like a dish of cream;And you might now and then supplySome caviare, or Strassburg Pie,Some potted gro...
Every man has his price.