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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.

Graham Greene

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Ich habe oft bemerkt, dass eine Bestechung diese Wirkung hat - sie verändert eine Beziehung. Der Mann, der Bestechung anbietet, gibt etwas von seiner eigenen Bedeutung preis. Sobald das Bestechungsgeld angenommen wurde, wird er minderwertig wie ein Mann, der für eine Frau bezahlt hat.

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