A bribed man can only hate his briber. When this man died the nation rang with praise and, just beneath, with gladness that he was dead.
There was a third man, who perhaps made many errors in performance but whose effective life was devoted to making men brave and dignified and good in a time when they were poor and frightened and when ugly forces were loose in the world to utilize their fears.
 John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952). copy citation

add
Author John Steinbeck
Source East of Eden
Topic fear error
Date 1952
Language English
Reference
Note
Weblink