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I have often noticed that a bribe . . . has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.

Source: The Comedians, Pt. I, Ch. 4
-- Graham Henry Greene, (Oct 2 1904-1991), English novelist; He wrote 24 novels including, The Power and the Glory, 1940, and The Heart of the Matter, 1948.

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