We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without. - Immanuel Kant

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We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.

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Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.

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...но и в том, что должно быть творением прекрасного искусства, часто обнаруживается гений, лишенный вкуса, или вкус, лишенный гения.

Man has his own inclinations and a natural will which, in his actions, by means of his free choice, he follows and directs. There can be nothing more dreadful than that the actions of one man should be subject to the will of another; hence no abhorrence can be more natural than that which a man has for slavery. And it is for this reason that a child cries and becomes embittered when he must do what others wish, when no one has taken the trouble to make it agreeable to him. He wants to be a man soon, so that he can do as he himself likes.

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