I had only to do her parents a service, and she was in my power; while the two cousins had their full share of aristocratic pride, which debases the nobility to the level of the vilest of the people, and only imposes upon fools, who after all are in the majority everywhere.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
In his rapt gaze, the body and the soul are one, and what debases the one debases the other.
"Birds and Poets"
John Burroughs
A dread of the priest debases the mind and the soul, makes the one brutish and the other slavish.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh