道高益安，势高益危 (道高益安，勢高益危) dào gāo yì ān, shì gāo yì wéi

dào gāo yì ān, shì gāo yì wéi phrase More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger .
Domain: Proverb 谚语
Notes: From Records of the Historian 史记. cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it, William Pitt the Elder, 1770 (CC-CEDICT '道高益安，勢高益危')