Quotes 61 till 72 of 72.
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Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.
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We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.
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Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
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What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with the innumerable; its efforts tend, on the contrary, to limit the numbers in all domains; it tries to count on its fingers.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
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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 the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.
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When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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Words like ''freedom,'' ''justice,'' ''democracy'' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
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Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.
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Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
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Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
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