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Familiar Quotations

Debases

Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands.–Cathy Better

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country.–Raymond Chandler

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.–Gore Vidal

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.–Jeanette Winterson

Debases – "Debauch"

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.–John Maynard Keynes

Debases – "Defile"

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.–Simone Weil

Debases – "Degradation"

Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.–Lewis Mumford

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.–Simone Weil

Debases – "Degrade"

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and the most active.–Lord Acton

All paid employments absorb and degrade the mind.–Aristotle

• Prefacev
• Familiar Quotations1
• Debases1
• Debases – "Debauch"1
• Debases – "Defile"1
• Debases – "Degradation"1
• Debases – "Degrade"1
• Debases – "Demean"2
• Debases – "Demoralize"2
• Debases – "Deterioration"2
• Debases – "Disgrace"2
• Use in Literature4
• Debases4
• Debases – "Degradation"13
• Debases – "Degrade"13
• Debases – "Disgrace"14
• Debases – "Greater"15
• Debases – "Human"15
• Debases – "Life"16
• Debases – "Love"17
• Debases – "Man"18
• Debases – "Nature"20
• Debases – "People"21
• Debases – "Power"21
• Debases – "Slave"22
• Debases – "Souls"22
• Debases – "Work"23
• Debases – "World"23
• Nonfiction Usage24
• Journalism Usage24
• Bibliographic Usage24
• Encyclopedic Usage25
• Lexicographic Usage27
• Index35