Quotes About Paradox

The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died.

There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I was a grave digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

If Roosevelt were alive he'd turn in his grave.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

We don't see many fat men walking on stilts.

Risk always brings its own rewards: the exhilaration of breaking through, of getting to the other side; the relief of a conflict healed; the clarity when a paradox dissolves.

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.

There will be sex after death; we just won't be able to feel it.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.

I've always been well liked. I was so popular in school, everybody hated me.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

A brilliant epigram is a solemn platitude gone to a masquerade ball.

His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

When you first learn to love hell, you will be in heaven.

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

There's a dividing line but really it divides nothing.

Kur shihte se të tjerët nuk mahniteshin aq fort sa ç'e kishte pritur, ai i rikthehej fillimit. Në qytet bëhej nami, kurse ata ishin si në humbellë. Ishim në një kohë që s'është më, më kupton? Koha ecën, orët, dita, të gjitha ecin, kurse ti mbetesh në diçka që s'di si ta quash. Kohë pa kohë. Nën zero...

Život je neshvatljivo ?udo, jer se neprestano troši i osipa, a ipak traje i stoji ?vrtso- kao na Drini ?uprija.

Je mehr sich die Dinge ändern, desto mehr bleibt alles beim alten.