#debases

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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The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. ↗

— Mary Astell

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This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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