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From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Immanuel Kant

How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
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Education Hope Lie Perfection
Since the human race’s natural end is to make steady cultural progress, its moral end is to be conceived as progressing toward the better. And this progress may well be occasionally interrupted, but it will never be broken off.
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Break End Human Race
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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God Hell Knowledge
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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Happiness Moral Ourselves Self Love Worth
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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Hope Myself
Woman wants control, man self-control.
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Control Man One Liner Woman
It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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Bad Perspective Philosophy
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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Philosophy Spiritual
We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
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Children Patience Time Truth
Things which as effects presuppose others as causes cannot be reciprocally at the same time causes of these.
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Reason Time
Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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Happiness Human
The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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Happiness Humanity Misery Reason
A great part, perhaps the greatest part, of the business of our reason consists in the analysation of the conceptions which we already possess of objects.
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Business Greatness Material Reason
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
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Courage Daring Intelligence

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