Immanuel Kant quote: Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

~ Immanuel Kant ~

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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

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