Debases Quotes
16 quotes by 14 authors
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Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime…
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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The world of employer and employee, like that of master and slave, debases both.
— Edward Abbey
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We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
— Epictetus
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He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise.
— Horace Mann
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Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.
— Voltaire
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A girl who sacrifices self-respect for social popularity debases true womanhood. A spotless character, founded upon the ability to say "no" in the presence of…
— David O. McKay
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
— Luc de Clapiers
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This is the essential evil of vice: it debases a man.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.
— Mary Astell
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A holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it.
— Elie Wiesel
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Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.
— David Mamet
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Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.
— Simone Weil
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Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama in modern life,…
— David Mamet
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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
— James A. Baldwin
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This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
— Francis Bacon
Who Wrote These Debases Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 16 Debases Quotes as follows: