Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made
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"Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made" (1784) is a dictum by Immanuel Kant.
It is found in "Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose" (1784).
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:15 "What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted."
The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas (1990) is the title of a book by Isaiah Berlin.
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- Aus so krummem Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden.
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