Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. . . . Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
I am indeed not her fool, but her corrupter of words. (Act III, sc. I, 37-38)
Titles are tinsel, power a corrupter, glorya bubble, and excessive wealth a libel on its possessor.