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Contrary Quotes by Aristotle
- Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'
- Aristotle suggests that the rotating Earth was a generally accepted tenet of Pythagorism: "While most of those who hold that the whole heaven is finite…
- Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are…
- This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.
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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… — Hannah Arendt
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- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit… — Andrea Bocelli
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that… — Mark Twain
- Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis… — Benjamin Franklin
- What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on… — Charles Dunoyer