Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Contrary to what some folks might say, I do not want to raise taxes. — John Bel Edwards Copy Share Image
“As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence.” — Alcibiades Copy Share Image
My mission is to see things as they are. Exactly contrary of a mission. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
But I will plead not guilty until death. I will plead not guilty until there is proof to the contrary. — Augustin Misago Copy Share Image
Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the… — Julius Rosenwald Copy Share Image
But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Any color is more distinctly seen when opposed to its contrary: thus, black on white, blear near yellow, green near red, and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It's been a hard lesson for me , but contrary quite frankly to what is a common practice in politics, I can… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary,… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
They that endeavour to abolish vice destroy also virtue, for contraries, though they destroy one another, are yet the life of one… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any… — George Mason Copy Share Image
We human beings have not secured happiness; on the contrary, science gives us catastrophes. We are like travelers losing their way in… — Liang Qichao Copy Share Image
Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium.… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place… — Jean Dubuffet Copy Share Image
A strong currency means that American consumers and businesses can buy imported goods and services more cheaply and that inflation and interest… — Robert Rubin Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular stereotypes, seeking simplicity doesn't require that you become a monk, a subsistence forager, or a wild-eyed revolutionary. Nor does… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other.… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Getting the economy back on its feet is properly viewed as an investment in future prosperity. When businesses and consumers confront attractive… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
“So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
An ignorant man believes that the whole universe only exists for him: as if nothing else required any consideration. If, therefore, anything… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary,… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages... a beautiful object must always follow certain rules.… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Making money and making the world a better place are not contrary to one another. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the president. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
I came into this world restless despite many appearances to the contrary. Does that make me unique? I doubt it. — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
Why is it that we claim to know so much yet still we do contrary to that which we claim to know!! — Kostallanetz Evans Copy Share Image
We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
