Contrariwise Quotes

11 quotes by 10 authors

Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. — Lewis Carroll
We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us. — W. Somerset Maugham
It can be shown that an incorporeal and reasonable being has life in itself independently of the body... then it is beyond a doubt bodies… — Origen
Man must not check reason by tradition, but contrariwise, must check tradition by reason. — Leo Tolstoy
Blindness to the aesthetic element in mathematics is widespread and can account for a feeling that mathematics is dry as dust, as exciting as a… — Philip J. Davis
Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a… — Robert A. Heinlein
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering. — Robert Motherwell
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to… — Robert A. Heinlein
The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you… — Robert Graves
The sun may set and rise: But we contrariwise Sleep after our short light One everlasting night. — Sir Walter Raleigh

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