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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#human nature #nature #politeness #warmth #wax

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#difficulty #multitude #same #something #teach

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

#brief #buildings #cannot #close #during

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#baseness #character #country #every #every nation

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?' ↗

— Liev Schreiber

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Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

#angry #breath #everything #get #hit

I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

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