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eaten away

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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Antisthenes

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't. Jonathan Raban

To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart. Voltaire

Not for a million -- years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten away at our standards of excellence. I don't like this whole culture, which has evolved, of TV being the king. Brian May

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