John Ernst Steinbeck Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by John Ernst Steinbeck Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power. John Ernst Steinbeck There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain't nice, but that's as far as any man got a right to say. John Ernst Steinbeck Lord, how the day passes It's like a life--so quickly when we don't watch it and so slowly if we do. John Ernst Steinbeck One man was so mad at me that he ended his letter Beware. You will never get out of this world alive. John Ernst Steinbeck
