If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We...

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We...

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is...

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is...

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole...

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, The few, whom genius gave to shine...

There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, The few, whom genius gave to shine...

Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut...

Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut...