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You will multiply evil-doers and the unhappy by fear, by punishment, and by remorse; you will deprave men’s consciences; you will corrupt their minds; they will have lost the polar star of their pathway.”

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

This report gives me great pleasure, for to live in bad society will deprave the best manners, and to live in good will improve the worst.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

Otherwise, the mere growth of wealth, be it ever so widely diffused, will deprave the world instead of elevating it.

From Crime and Its Causes by Morrison, William Douglas