Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
quote by Walt Whitman
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
quote by Amos Bronson Alcott
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Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.
quote by Tillie Olsen
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Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.
quote by George Sand
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Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.
quote by Simone Weil
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Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose.
quote by Carrie P. Snow
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
Amos Bronson Alcott in Table Talk
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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
quote by Annie Dillard
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Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.
quote by Francis Arinze
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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
quote by Susan Sontag
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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
quote by Susan Sontag
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A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.
quote by Muhammed Iqbal
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The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State.
quote by John Burns
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The One Clearly Who Has Arrived
One's attempt to reveal honesty and truth,
Is like accepting the invitation...
To attend a masquerade party,
And without costume...
No one has a clue as to who one is!
Since everyone has been accustomed to charade.
And not to do it...
Isolates and degrades,
The one clearly who has arrived...
And to everyone's surprise is unknown
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Another Day
The sun comes up
Another breath
Another day
Another death
A day to live
And thrive and die
A day for
One more chance to try
As life goes on
And slowly fades
All truth is gone
Each day degrades
Never ending
Always flowing
Death impending
Charon rowing
poem by Brandon McConnell
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She Stays Lingering With Me (Cavatina)
The eyes of my love shines like the sun,
summer fades,
in the presence of her most lovely smile,
autumn shades
against the colour of her vibrant hair,
spring degrades
against her charm and personality
and vivid she stays lingering with me.
poem by Gert Strydom
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The Eyes Of My Love Shines Like The Sun
The eyes of my love shines like the sun,
summer fades,
in the presence of her most lovely smile,
autumn shades
against the colour of her vibrant hair,
spring degrades
against her charm and personality
and vivid she stays lingering with me.
poem by Gert Strydom
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Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.
quote by William Seward Burroughs
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Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.
quote by William S. Burroughs
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Overlooked
It has always been puzzling for me to see,
Those who have trash loads of garbage...
Piled into heaps in their backyards.
Who seem to be the first to protest in the streets,
Publicly.
To complain about how things use to be...
As if to explain why changes to them they find,
Unnecessarily imposed.
And wish to keep things as they are.
Regardless if their irresponsibility,
Directly affects the lives of others.
With no showing of respect.
But wish to have their own neglect overlooked,
And accepted as a collection of historic artifacts...
Left on exhibit to rust the appreciation,
Of the entire neighborhood that degrades.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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