道高益安，勢高益危 [－－－－－势－－－]

Jyutping dou6 gou1 jik1 on1 , sai3 gou1 jik1 ngai4
Pinyin dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. 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).