汉英词典
MEANING OF 道高益安，勢高益危
道高益安，勢高益危
(道高益安，势高益危)
(道高益安，势高益危)
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, 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).
益 more / 势 Power / The higher the morality, the better the safety of others; the greater the power, the easier it is to abuse power, and the more dangerous it is to be self-sufficient
益更加；势权势。道德越高尚，为人处事好，就越安全；权势越大，更容易滥用权力，刚愎自用，就越危险。
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