Some actions are even baser than the people who commit them.
I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.
Happiness, like air and water, the other two great requisites of life, is composite. One kind of it suits one man, another kind another. The elevated mind takes in and breathes out again that which would be uncongenial to the baser; and the baser draws life and enjoyment from that which would be putridity to the loftier.
We publish only to satisfy out craving for fame; there's no other motive except the even baser one of making money.
Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into gold.
For Nature is accustomed to rehearse with certain large, perhaps baser, and all classes of wild (animals), and to place in the imperfect the rudiments of the perfect animals.
We make very little progress when we strive to conquer baser instincts in a good mood. However, vast strides are possible when we are miserable and work with ourselves to replace our misery with joy and understanding.
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.
