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Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.

Immanuel Kant

How things may be in themselves, without regard to the representations through which they affect us, is utterly beyond the sphere of our cognition.
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Beyond Ourselves Regard Understand
The outcome of an act commonly influences our judgment about its rightness, even though the former was uncertain, while the latter is certain.
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Act Judgement Life Result
Woman wants control, man self-control.
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Control Man One Liner Woman
We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action.
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Action Secret Spring
The history of nature, begins with good, for it is God’s work; the history of freedom begins with badness, for it is man’s work.
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Freedom God History Man Nature
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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Philosophy Spiritual
One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
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Himself Oneself People Worth
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Animal Heart Himself Judgement Man
If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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Justice Live Man Worth
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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God Hell Knowledge
I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself Necessary
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Enjoyment Judgement Liberty Power Reason
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
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
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Act Law Moral Time

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