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Topic·Incentives✕clear

Epigram

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae · 43 BC

★ 2.1

Essay · Political literature

I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

Benjamin Franklin

1766

★ 2.1

Speech · Political speech

Freedom and incentives unleash the drive and entrepreneurial genius that are the core of human progress.

Ronald Reagan

Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan · 1985

★ 2.1

Play · Comedy (play)

Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion.

William Shakespeare

As You Like It · 1616

★ 2.2

Autobiography and memoir

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

Upton Sinclair

1935

★ 3.5

Play · History (play)

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done!

William Shakespeare

The Life and Death of King John · 1616

★ 3.6

Treatise · Political literature · Philosophical literature

Good and Evil, Reward and Punishment, are the only Motives to a rational Creature: These are the Spur and Reins whereby all Mankind are set on Work, and guided.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education · 1693

★ 3.6

Play

No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand.

Bertolt Brecht

1943

★ 3.6

I have 14 other grandchildren and if I pay one penny now, I'll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren.

J. Paul Getty

1973

★ 4.4

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

We're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado, anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.

Blake

Glengarry Glen Ross · 1992

★ 5.3

Speech · Political speech

Cui bono?

Cicero

Pro Milone · 52 BC

★ 8.0

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