#grading

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading. ↗

— Elihu Root

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After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world. ↗

— Billy Sunday

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#business #degrading #everything #family #individual

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

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#commonplace #degrading #fail #having #humiliating