Quotes About Contrast

One person's car is another person's scenery.

Some time, when man shall have made all things alike, the earth will be a dull, tedious dwelling-place, and we shall have even to give up travelling and seeking for a change which can no longer be found.

Yves treats my wife as if she were a plaything, and continually assures me that she is charming. I find her as exasperating as the cicalas on my roof; and when I am alone at home, side by side with this little creature twanging the strings of her long-necked guitar, facing this marvellous panorama of pagodas and mountains, I am overcome by sadness almost to tears.

Y lo mismo que yo, alzando la cara entre dos restas, entre dos párrafos, miraba aquella plétora por los cristales de la ventana, detrás de la lluvia que sólo cubre el mundo para que podamos ver en su lugar nuestros sueños, la saciedad de nuestros sueños detrás de esa cortina gris donde todo está permitido.

Où sont cachés les stigmates du pire quand la vie courante nous contraint chaque jour à renaître à la banalité écoeurante et splendide ?

South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.

God has in his power to make dazzling unmixed light spring from the somber depths of evening. He can also enclose the white explosion of day under the gloom of black clouds.

Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues. ("Puppies and pigs have a very different smell.")

There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

Thus, with the good we have the bad: we have the opposed movements of a dancer guided by one artistic plan; we recognize in his steps the good as against the bad, and see that in the opposition lies the merit of the design.

you have to have unhappiness to know what happiness is.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.

With the first kiss his mouth will taste of wormwood.

Welcome to Arizona, where summer spends the winter — and hell spends the summer.

Tak ada satu hal pun tanpa bayang-bayang, kecuali terang itu sendiri.

Sejak zaman kompeni, Aceh punya keberanian individu, Jawa punya keberanian kelompok. Beda sekali.

Kau suka berbicara tentang keindahan. Dimana keindahan suatu kekejaman?

If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is a source of profound satisfaction.

There's a dark side to everything.

A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand.

Black souls wear white shirts.

Light in the streets, shadows in the house. #CVirusTruth

Hares can gamble over the body of a dead lion.