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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
Immanuel KantAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: April 22, 1724
- Died: February 12, 1804
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