Debase Quotes

23 quotes by 21 authors

Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train of calamities inseparable… — Alexander Hamilton
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a… — Edmund Burke
Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with… — H. L. Mencken
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to… — Blaise Pascal
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts… — Rebecca Harding Davis
And for man to look upon himself as a capital good, even if it did not impair his freedom, may seem to debase him... by… — Theodore Schultz
Of course, the latter made no secret of his attitude toward the Jewish people, and when necessary he even took the whip to drive from… — Adolf Hitler
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt… — Michelangelo
It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on… — Marilyn Manson
For ten centuries Christianity, armed with the omnipotence of the Church and State and opposed by no competition, was able to deprave, debase, and falsify… — Mikhail Bakunin
The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on… — Garet Garrett
Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But… — Earl Hamner, Jr.
Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is it so apparently… — Michael Dorris
The artist must try to raise the level of taste of the masses, not debase himself to the level of unformed and impoverished taste. — Diego Rivera
I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation. — George Bernard Shaw
... the only argument against vivisection that will be seen to have lasting power - that we do not improve human society by means that… — Jon Wynne-Tyson
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
My boyfriends have all been as stoical as queen's guards. They'd been patient, committed, and dispassionate, and I'd had to really debase myself to extract… — Koren Zailckas
Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my… — Nick Dear
For the president to resign now would be wrong. President Clinton may have debased himself with his behavior, but we shouldn't debase the office with… — George Stephanopoulos

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