Quote Genre: Contradict

Marguerite Yourcenar – ‘When two texts or two assert…

‘When two texts or two assertions perhaps two ideas are in contradiction be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel one by the other; regard them as two different facets or two successive stages of the same reality a reality … Continue reading

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Ralph Waldo Emerson – ‘Let me never fall into the v…

‘Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.’

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Ayn Rand – ‘Contradictions do not exist….

‘Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.’

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Maurice Baring – ‘Avoid contradicting in gener…

‘Avoid contradicting in general especially people you love.’

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Blaise Pascal – ‘Contradiction is not a sign …

‘Contradiction is not a sign of falsity nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.’

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Friedrich Nietzsche – ‘One often contradicts an opi…

‘One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.’

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Douglas Noel Adams – ‘He hoped and prayed that the…

‘He hoped and prayed that there wasn?t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn?t an afterlife.’

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Groucho Marx – ‘Military intelligence is a c…

‘Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.’

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Thomas Mann – ‘Speech is civilization itsel…

‘Speech is civilization itself. The word even the most contradictions word preserves contact it is silence which isolates.’

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Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Many falsehoods are passing …

‘Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.’

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