Quotes about Contradiction
There are certain natures which cannot have love on one side without hatred on the other.
— Victor Hugo
As the place is worth seeing, nobody goes there.
— Victor Hugo
He was a friendly but sad figure. People said of him: 'A rich man who is not proud. A fortunate man who does not look happy.
— Victor Hugo
An opulent priest is a contradiction.
— Victor Hugo
He was full of sly caution and clumsy recklessness. He
— Victor Hugo
People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.
— Milan Kundera
We tap our toes to chaste love songs about the silvery moon without recognizing them as hymns to copulation.
— Barbara Kingsolver
I cannot help it; reason has nothing to do with it; I love her against reason-but who would as soon love me for my own sake, as she would love the beggar at the corner.
— Charles Dickens
I am two fools I know for loving and saying so.
— John Donne
I am speaking of University Education, which implies an extended range of reading, which has to deal with standard works of genius, or what are called the classics of a language: and I say, from the nature of the case, if Literature is to be made a study of human nature, you cannot have a Christian Literature. It is a contradiction in terms to attempt a sinless Literature of a sinful man.
— John Henry Newman
Leave nothing to chance. Overlook nothing. Combine contradictory observations. Allow yourself enough time.
— Carl Sagan
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
— GK Chesterton