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

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Change
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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great
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Human existence must be a kind of error…it may be said of it, it is bad today and every day it will get worse, until the worst of all happens. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Depression
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Manners
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Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. – Francis Beaumont

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Manners

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. – Honore de Balzac

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Manners

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. – Stephen Bayley

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Manners

I can be very polite, but Ive found that doesnt always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables. – Joy Baluch

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Manners

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Im completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music. – Florence Welch

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Fear

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. – Ogden Nash

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Dogs

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. – Richard Powers

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Science

For someone whos had the level of success Ive had, theres been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating. – Billy Corgan

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Success