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From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.

Immanuel Kant

He who would know the world must first manufacture it.
IMMANUEL KANT

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

Humanity Man Philosophy
I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself Necessary
Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end.
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Break Up End People
What might be said of things in themselves, separated from all relationship to our senses, remains for us absolutely unknown.
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Emotion Ourselves Relationship Separate
Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.
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Creation Dignity Value
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
IMMANUEL KANT

Humanity Philosophy
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
If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
IMMANUEL KANT

Justice Live Man Worth
The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.
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Feeling Life Live
War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.
IMMANUEL KANT

Human Inspirational Love Man War
Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.
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Heaven Hope Human Laughter Sleep
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
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Book Goodness Mindset Past Reading
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Death Kill Truth
Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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Beautiful See
It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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Bad Perspective Philosophy

From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.

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