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Degrading Quotes (page 7)

I was a slave in the corsair Dragut’s own palace. I saw his women—Spanish, French, Italian, Irish. I was at the branding of all his poor children. To some women, degradation like that is the worst sort of torture.’ There was a small silence, in which Philippa’s epiglottis popped like a cork. Beside her, Jerott’s breathing faltered in the same moment and resumed, shallowly, as he went on straining to hear. Dorothy Dunnett
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
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. Lucretia Mott
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die. William Morris
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola quote: "The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one..."
The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. John Stuart Mill
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs. Jon Meacham
The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness. Victor Hugo
What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed. Fay Godwin
Jose Ortega y Gasset quote: "Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man..."
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be. Jose Ortega y Gasset
Charlotte Gainsbourg quote: "You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd..."
You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you? Charlotte Gainsbourg
Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading. Charlotte Gainsbourg
I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded. Megan Fox
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded."
The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded. Gustave Flaubert
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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