Reference for Sanhedrin 76:3

אמר רמי בר חמא אין חיה רעה שולטת באדם אלא אם כן נדמה לו כבהמה שנאמר (תהלים מט, יג) נמשל כבהמות נדמו:

not in honour.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLIX, 13. ');">⁷</span> Rami b. Hama said: A wild beast has no dominion over man unless he appears to it as a brute,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Man's majesty keeps the wild beasts in check only as long as he does not descent to their level. ');">⁸</span> for it is written. Men are overruled<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], He is like the beasts that perish. ');">⁹</span>

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