道高益安,势高益危

dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi

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).

道

dào

road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])

高

gāo

high

益

yì

benefit

安

ān

(bound form) calm; peaceful

,

,

势

shì

power

高

gāo

high

益

yì

benefit

危

wēi

danger