From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
IMMANUEL KANTWhat might be said of things in themselves, separated from all relationship to our senses, remains for us absolutely unknown.
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If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
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We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.
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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
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Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
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By a lie a man throws away and as it were annihilates his dignity as a man.
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All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.
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One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
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Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.
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The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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By a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Beauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason.
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