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Degradation Quotes by Simone Weil
- When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes into a point…
- Every kind of reward constitutes a degradation of energy.
- A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
More Degradation Quotes
- The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of… — Lucretia Mott
- To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for… — George S. Patton
- Through it [Science] we believe that man will be saved from misery and degradation, not merely acquiring new material powers, but learning… — Ray Lankester
- The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation,… — Wangari Maathai
- We have a situation where we are rich really as a world overall, and yet we have the capacity to destroy ourselves,… — Tony Blair
- The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have… — Charles Dickens
- One of the reasons that women are kept in a state of economic degradation- because that's what it is for most women-… — Andrea Dworkin
- It's clear that agriculture, done right, is the best means the world has today to simultaneously tackle food security, poverty and environmental… — Irene Rosenfeld