Question

道高益安，勢高益危 dou6 gou1 yik1 on1 , sai3 gou1 yik1 ngai4

Accepted Answer

More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (成语 saw, 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). y

Expression	道高益安，勢高益危
Meaning	More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (成语 saw, 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).
Reading	dou6 gou1 yik1 on1 , sai3 gou1 yik1 ngai4
Recall	y

Increases One's Power Gou1 Yik1 道高益安，勢高益危 Moral Strength