Contrary Quotes

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In this world, perfection is an illusion. Reagrdless of all those who utter the contrary, this is the reality. Obviously mediocre fools will forever lust… — Tite Kubo
Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have… — Melina Marchetta
The fact is that the beautiful, humanly speaking, is merely form considered in its simplest aspect, in its most perfect symmetry, in its most entire… — Victor Hugo
The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born… — Eric Hoffer
The sun is not ridiculous, quite the contrary. On everything I like, on the rust of the construction girders, on the rotten boards of the… — Jean-Paul Sartre
We must doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, but how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to the senses,… — Leonardo da Vinci
Mistress Mary Quite Contrary — Frances Hodgson Burnett
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things… — Anne Bronte
What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less… — Hermann Hesse
There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore's voice. 'On the contrary... the fact that you can feel pain like this… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys." "Just most waking hours? — Rick Riordan
I hate the world and almost all the people in it. I hate the Labour Congress and the journalists who send men to be slaughtered,… — Bertrand Russell
How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra. "Almost seven years." "Then you have probably forgotten all about it." "Quite the… — Jose Rizal
After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?' 'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?' 'Because I have just called you… — Deanna Raybourn
Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does… — Bell Hooks
Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women.… — Naomi Wolf
Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist. — Evelyn Waugh
I'm not sure if I could tell the differenceâ€”between just staring into space and thinking. We're usually thinking all the time, aren't we? Not that… — Haruki Murakami
Our wills and fates do so contrary run. — William Shakespeare

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