As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.
You can be knocked down, but it doesn't mean you're out.
Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
If you are not leaning, no one will ever let you down.
A person in my position has to restrain himself.
Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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