Quotes from book
Die Metaphysik der Sitten

Immanuel KantOriginal title Die Metaphysik der Sitten (German, 1797)
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“One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.”

Immanuel Kant book Die Metaphysik der Sitten

Source: The Metaphysics of Morals (Metafyzika morálky)

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