"Whoever debases others is debasing himself." — James A. Baldwin

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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… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• The world of employer and employee, like that of master and slave, debases both. — Edward Abbey
• We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character. — Epictetus
• He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which… — Horace Mann
• Virtue debases itself in justifying itself. — Voltaire
• A girl who sacrifices self-respect for social popularity debases true womanhood. A spotless character, founded upon the ability to say… — David O. McKay
• Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it. — Luc de Clapiers
• This is the essential evil of vice: it debases a man. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
• The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. — Mary Astell
• A holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it. — Elie Wiesel
• Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit. — David Mamet
• Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. — Simone Weil

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