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Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. -- Albert Camus
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. -- Michael Korda
We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving. -- Jose Ortega y Gasset
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. -- D. H. Lawrence
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. -- Daniel J. Boorstin
On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does. -- Christian Lous Lange
Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees. -- Karel Capek
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. -- Walt Whitman
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. -- W. Somerset Maugham
A handful of men, inured to war, proceed to certain victory, while on the contrary, numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes of men dragged to the slaughter. -- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization. -- Leon Jouhaux
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. -- Salvador Dali
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. -- Irving Babbitt
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. -- Herodotus
Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. -- Mikhail Bakunin
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. -- Frederic Bastiat
It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society. -- Paulo Freire
On the contrary a film can promote the idea of change without any political message whatsoever but in its form and language can tell people that they can change their lives and contribute to progressive changes in the world. -- Wim Wenders
True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding. -- Ellen G. White
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices. -- Paul Tournier
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. -- Aldous Huxley
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. -- Hannah Arendt
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny. -- Marguerite Duras
The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can. -- Paul Kurtz
In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. -- Benjamin Franklin
Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound. -- Jan Morris
Enthusiasm is not contrary to reason; it is reason - on fire. -- Peter Marshall
Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary. -- Dora Russell
Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation. -- Marilynne Robinson
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it. -- Elaine Dundy
On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle. -- Richard Le Gallienne
I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. -- Albert Einstein
The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed. -- Paulo Freire
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. -- Benjamin Disraeli
Kissed mouth don't lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does. -- Giovanni Boccaccio
Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. -- Omar Bongo
Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?" "On occasion," said Locke. "There are contrary opinions. -- Scott Lynch
Prolonged inflation never 'stimulates' the economy. On the contrary, it unbalances, disrupts, and misdirects production and employment. -- Henry Hazlitt
Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule. -- Gene Sharp
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. -- Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
On the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world. -- Charlotte Bronte
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.' Osho -- Rajneesh
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well. -- Plutarch
Sometimes one must try anything, it is no disgrace. On the contrary, it is a sign of wisdom. -- Philip K. Dick
Do you think that love has to be requited to be genuine? On the contrary, it thrives on indifference. -- Violet Trefusis
Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion. -- Robert Charles Wilson
Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own. -- Stephen King
The Victorians had not been anxious to go away for the weekend. The Edwardians, on the contrary, were nomadic. -- T.H. White
Transcending mind-made limitations doesn't mean you stop being yourself. On the contrary, you become more yourself than ever before. -- Steve Ross
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. -- George Orwell
Male initiation does not move toward machoism; on the contrary, it moves toward achieving a cultivated heart before we die. -- Robert Bly
Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other. -- Haim G. Ginott
The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive? -- Montgomery Clift
Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence. -- Georges Braque
There is nothing illegal in keeping up a tomb; on the contrary, it is a very laudable thing to do. -- Ryan Lindley
Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other. -- Haim G. Ginott
The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility. -- Mahatma Gandhi
On the contrary Deepika feels inferior to other people I was surprised when I realised it. She is straightforward & very giving -- Imtiaz Ali
No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work! -- Thomas A. Edison
Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. -- Frans de Waal
Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion -- Nicolas Gomez Davila
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Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health. -- Swami Vivekananda
Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades. -- Isak Dinesen
Women talk about love and silent about lovers, men - on the contrary: Speaking of mistresses, but are silent about love. -- Marina Tsvetaeva
Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods. -- David Ricardo
It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness. -- Karl Marx
It is not with low prices-but on the contrary-it is with improved quality we cannot only hold the market, but improve it. -- Hans Wilsdorf
On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective. -- Margaret Sanger
One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. -- Diane Setterfield
Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night. -- Jim Mitchell
The gospel of grace is not the license to sin. On the contrary, it is the power for them to sin no more! -- Joseph Prince
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. -- John J. Pershing
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But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites. -- Noam Chomsky
That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general. -- August Wilhelm von Schlegel
Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this. -- Edmond Jabes
If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite rare. -- Christina Stead
Path does not spam users. Invites on Path are never sent without a user's consent - any allegations to the contrary are false. -- Dave Morin
(Milosevic's passing) should not keep us from our efforts to provide peace and stability in the Balkans; on the contrary, it should renew them. -- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one. -- Mark Haddon
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. -- Juliette Binoche
Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. -- Juliette Binoche
The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest. -- Henry David Thoreau
A potent poison becomes the best drug on proper administration. On the contrary, even the best drug becomes a potent poison if used badly -- Charaka
He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an engaging modesty. -- W. Somerset Maugham
Any color is more distinctly seen when opposed to its contrary: thus, black on white, blear near yellow, green near red, and so on. -- Leonardo da Vinci
Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country. -- Boris Johnson
There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest. -- Jonathan Swift
But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end. -- Aldous Huxley
I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. -- Jim Dine
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud. -- Aristophanes
Religions are not imaginative, not poetic, not soulful. On the contrary, they are parochial, small-minded, niggardly with the human imagination, precisely where science is generous. -- Richard Dawkins
Even if somebody in your family is successful, it doesn't change anything. On the contrary, I suppose people expect more of you in certain ways. -- Martin Villeneuve
Contrary to popular belief, there are lots of actions on the part of Jefferson and Hemings that "speak" about the basic nature of their relationship. -- Annette Gordon-Reed
Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws. -- Thurgood Marshall
The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge. -- Jacques Ellul
For the beloved should not allow me to turn my infantile fantasies into reality: On the contrary, he should help me to go beyond them. -- Frantz Fanon
While the human gaze becomes more and more fixed, losing some of its natural speed and sensitivity, photographic shots, on the contrary, become even faster. -- Paul Virilio
I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day. -- Carla Bruni
I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it. -- William H. Seward
Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness? -- Elie Wiesel
People say that marijuana is going to hurt my career. On the contrary, my fight career is getting in the way of my marijuana smoking. -- Nick Diaz
This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction. -- Laurent Fabius
On the contrary, my desire is that the viewer sees the background coming forward in the lower portion of the canvas, fighting for space, demanding presence. -- Kehinde Wiley
Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order. -- Jane Jacobs
On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics. -- Arthur Henderson
A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases. -- Therese of Lisieux
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding. -- Margaret Sanger
The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that - on the contrary! -- Henning Mankell
When a woman veils her body in modest clothing, she is not hiding herself from men. On the contrary, she is revealing her dignity to them. -- Jason Evert
It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image. -- Ludwig Feuerbach
Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted. -- Jacques Delors
To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak brain is a crime. -- Primo Levi
The poetic image ["¦] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant past resounds with echoes. -- Gaston Bachelard
He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short. -- Francesco Guicciardini

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