Quotes About Contradiction

Indeed, my Marforio, there are very few topics that arise in conversation among men, upon which women ought to open their lips. Silence becomes them. Let them therefore hear, wonder, and improve, in silence. They are naturally contentious, and lovers of contradiction' [Something like this Mr. Walden once threw out: And you know who, my Lucy, has said as much] 'and shall we qualify them to be disputants against ourselves?

Sabrina: "But you don't believe in marriage." Linus: "Yes, I do. It's why I've never married.

Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink.

Paradoxically self esteem problems are more common in young people who are in the physical and mental prime of their lives.

It was beautiful to be heartbroken, it was as pleasurable as a thing could be. But pointless.

See for me, it's immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn't sure which.

I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some people to hide themselves. But they're also a fashion statement, meant to be noticed. So there's a dichotomy there.

Norman was never one for exactness, exactly.

I guess people can be wrong and right at the same time.

The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts.

Die Wahrheit ist allezeit nur ein kurzes Siegesfest beschieden zwischen die beiden langen Zeiträumen, wo sie als paradox und als trivial gering geschätzt wird

Tanr?'ya, onu bana ba???lamas? için dua edemiyorum; ama yine de o sanki bana aitmi? gibi geliyor. Tanr?'ya, onu bana vermesi için dua edemiyorum; çünkü o bir ba?kas?na ait. Ac?lar içinde kuruntulara dal?yorum; dü?ündüklerimi ka??da dökmeye kalk??sam, bir kar??tl?klar ilahisi ç?kar ortaya.

I take the wildering whirl, enjoyment's keenest pain, Enamored hate, exhilarant disdain.

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;

Ayr?ca de?erli dostum, e?er çabalamak güçlü olmaksa, duygusal gerilim niçin bunun tam tersi olsun?

Nas?l oluyor da insan? mesut eden bir ?ey ayn? zamanda felaketinin de kayna?? oluyor?

Por qué fatalidad ha sido preciso que lo que hace y constituye la dicha del hombre, sea tan a menudo el origen, y la causa de su infortunio?

Doveva proprio essere così, che quanto rende l'uomo beato divenga poi la fonte della sua infelicità.

Tot a?a cum galbenul este intotdeauna asociat cu lumina, se poate spune ?i c? albastrul aduce cu el ?i un principiu al întunericului. Aceast? culoare are un efect special ?i aproape indescriptibil asupra ochiului. Pe scara culorilor este una puternic?, îns? de partea negativ?, ?i la maximum de puritate este, cum s-ar zice, o nega?ie stimulatoare. Aspectul s?u este deci un fel de contradic?ie între excita?ie ?i calm.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

Jer savrsenog protivrecja spoj ne shvata niti mudrac, nit' glupak, nit iko. Moj prijatelju, vestina je ova koliko drevna, toliko i nova. Vazda je covek sluzio se time: trime i jednim, i jednim i trime zabludu mesto istine da slavi. I tako brblja, druge uci tako neometano, po volji i vesto. Ko bi jos budalama da se bavi? Samo li cuje reci, obicno smatra svako da se pri tom, bez sumnje, mora i misliti nesto.

Personalmente preferisco sopportare nel mio ambiente errori e infrazioni fino a quando posso imporre la virtù contraria, piuttosto che liberarmi dell'errore senza vederlo sostituito da nulla di corretto. L'essere umano ama fare il bene, l'utile, se solo riesce ad arrivarci; lo fa per fare qualcosa e non riflette in merito più di quanto non faccia su quegli sciocchi scherzi che compie per ozio e noia.

The most virtuous hearts have a touch of hell's own fire in them.

Man dreams of putting penis between girl's boobs. Is all mankind diminished? Or strengthened? What do you want? I want a pair of orange pants and a pair of orange and white shoes to go with them. I know nothing will work out unless I get them, but I also know that if I do get them I probably won't wear them to a dogfight.