Antagonist Quotes

57 quotes by 46 authors

The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised… — Annie Besant
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. — Edmund Burke
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age. — Joseph Addison
The fact, however, to which I want to call attention is that the master of Judo never relies upon his own strength. He scarcely uses… — Lafcadio Hearn
Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error. — Thomas Jefferson
Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural… — Thomas Jefferson
The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;… — James Madison
No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself… — Nathaniel Branden
No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is one of the ironies of this strange century that the most lasting results of the October revolution, whose object was the global overthrow… — Eric Hobsbawm
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.… — Joseph Addison
He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too… — Emanuel Lasker
Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He… — Edmund Burke
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. — Joseph Addison
And again she felt alone in the presence of her old antagonist, life. — Virginia Woolf
Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest… — Kealan Patrick Burke
It is one thing to be able to state the price the antagonist paid, another to be able to count you own real gains. — Barbara Deming
I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how it comes out.… — Elmore Leonard
...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists. — Paul Simon

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