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Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. - Arthur Scho

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Other quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Truth
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Humility
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Other Quotes from
Manners
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Meat makes, and clothes shapes, but manners makes a man. – Scottish Proverb

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Manners

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. – Emily Post

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Manners

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. – Albert Camus

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Manners

Of course, behaviorism works. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. – W. H. Auden

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Manners

Random Quotes

Dont use that foreign word ideals. We have that excellent native word lies. – Henrik Ibsen

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Idealism

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. – John Leonard, New York Times, 2 November 1975

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Baseball

I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes. – George Sanders

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Speaking

Well, now theres a remedy for everything except death. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Medicine