"The sun may set and rise: But we……" — Sir Walter Raleigh

More Contrariwise Quotes

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• Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't,… — 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… — 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… — Philip J. Davis
• Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can… — 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… — Robert Motherwell
• Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that… — Robert A. Heinlein
• The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like… — Robert Graves

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