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One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.

Immanuel Kant

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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Man Moral Potential Purpose Reality Wild
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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Experience Intellectual Play
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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Genius Independent Learning Person
We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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Justice Live Man Worth
By a lie a man throws away and as it were annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Dignity Lie Man
I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself Necessary
There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.
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Bad Philosophy Protection Weakness
The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.
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Freedom Power Reason
The great mass of people are worthy of our respect.
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Greatness People Respect Worth
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Death Kill Truth
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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End Knowledge Ourselves Reason Understand
Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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Happiness Human
Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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God Goodness Herself Man Nature
The cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness.
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Happiness Humanity Misery Reason
Look closely. The beautiful may be small.
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Beautiful See

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