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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

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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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Greed
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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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

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

Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. – Ingmar Bergman

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Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own. – John Wanamaker

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Children make your life important. – Erma Bombeck

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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that youll make one. – Elbert Hubbard

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Time the great destroyer of other mens happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor. – Isaac DIsraeli

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The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams. – Suzanne Fields

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