Contrary Quotes

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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… — Hannah Arendt
But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger… — Karen Armstrong
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Saint Augustine
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… — Irving Babbitt
Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary… — Lord Acton
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… — Mikhail Bakunin
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,… — Saint Basil
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… — Frederic Bastiat
The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is… — Pope Benedict XVI
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up… — Kate Adie
In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's… — Ezra Taft Benson
I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I… — Conrad Black
When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of… — Andrea Bocelli
When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite… — Ben Affleck
Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money,… — Bono
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
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical… — Joseph Brodsky
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. — Jean de la Bruyere
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit… — Julie Burchill

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