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• It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that minds afflicted by calamity and the contempt of mankind cheerfully listen to the divine promise of future happiness; while, on the contrary, the fortunate are satisfied with the possession of this world; and the wise abuse in doubt and dispute their vain superiority of reason and knowledge.

  Edward Gibbon

  Wise, History, Heaven

  Edward Gibbon (1854). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.217

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• We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Communication, Sadness, Joy

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• All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don't give up hope! On the contrary, call your holy mother Mary, with the faith and abandonment of a child. She will bring peace to your soul.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Mother, Religious, Children

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• Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Philosophy, Book, Agreement

  "The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes". Book by John Maynard Keynes, 1980.

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• Contrary to the prevailing notion that good governance is bad politics, in reality good governance is good politics. A government should work keeping in mind the welfare of future generations, not the next election.

  Narendra Modi

  Reality, Government, Mind

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• Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Race, Color, Law

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• I do not regard the Keynesian revolution as a great intellectual triumph. On the contrary, it was a tragedy because it came so late. Hitler had already found out how to cure unemployment before Keynes had finished explaining why it occured.

  Joan Robinson

  Intellectual, Tragedy, Revolution

  American Economic Association, Joan Robinson (1972). “The Second Crisis of Economic Theory: And Other Selected Papers from the American Economic Meeting, December 27-29, 1971”

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• Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.

  Plutarch

  Memories, May, Painful

  Plutarch (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plutarch (Illustrated)”, p.2910, Delphi Classics

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• Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.

  Carlos Fuentes

  Hard Work, Grandmother, Intelligent

  "The Latin master" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2001.

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• As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.

  Jan Hus

  Common, Christ, Pope

  Jan Hus (1915). “De Ecclesia: The Church”

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• Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator. While through science man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the force of nature within him.

  Wernher von Braun

  Men, Trying, Creation

  Wernher Von Braun (2007). “The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology”, Collectors Guide Pub

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• On the contrary, therefore, Christ declares that the doctrine of the Gospel, though it is preached to all without exception, cannot be embraced by all, but that a new understanding and a new perception are requisite; and, therefore, that faith does not depend on the will of men, but that it is God who gives it.

  John Calvin

  Men, Giving, Understanding

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Gospel Of John Vol. 1 (Annotated Edition)”, p.231, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Beautiful sights arouse feelings of love, and contrary sights bring feelings of disgrace and hate. And the emotions of the soul and spirit bring something additional to the body itself, which exists under the control of the soul and the direction of the spirit.

  Giordano Bruno

  Beautiful, Hate, Sight

  Giordano Bruno, Robert de Lucca, Richard J. Blackwell (1998). “Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic”, p.137, Cambridge University Press

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• Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages... a beautiful object must always follow certain rules. A beautiful nose shouldn't be longer than that or shorter than that, on the contrary, an ugly nose can be as long as the one of Pinocchio, or as big as the trunk of an elephant, or like the beak of an eagle, and so ugliness is unpredictable, and offers an infinite range of possibility. Beauty is finite, ugliness is infinite like God.

  Umberto Eco

  Beautiful, Eagles, Elephants

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• Contrary to any claim of a systematically “neutral” effect of taxation on production, the consequence of any such shortening of roundabout methods of production is a lower output produced. The price that invariably must be paid for taxation, and for every increase in taxation, is a coercively lowered productivity that in turn reduces the standard of living in terms of valuable assets provided for future consumption. Every act of taxation necessarily exerts a push away from more highly capitalized, more productive production processes in the direction of a hand-to-mouth-existence.

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe

  Hands, Taxation, Mouths

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• From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.

  Albert Camus

  Greek, Humanity, Pandora's Box

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.153, Vintage

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• It is worthy to note, that the early popularity of Washington was not the result of brilliant achievement nor signal success; on the contrary, it rose among trials and reverses, and may almost be said to have been the fruit of defeat.

  Washington Irving

  Rose, Achievement, Trials

  Washington Irving “Life of George Washington”

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• Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.

  Elon Musk

  Technology, Electric Vehicles, Goal

  "Elon Musk Gives Tesla's Patents to Open Source Movement". bigthink.com.

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• I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.

  Michael Haneke

  Children, Father, Men

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• The embodied self is the same person who woke to the world in a burst of visonary immediacy, who soon found that he was not the center of that world but on the contrary, a dependent and even hapless creature, and who then discovered that he was doomed to die

  Roberto Unger

  Self, World, Immediacy

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• The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.

  Thomas More

  Men, Water, Parent

  Sir Thomas More (2009). “Utopia: On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia”, p.93, The Floating Press

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• We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style. Don't worry. Writing is a communal act. Contrary to popular belief, a writer is not Prometheus alone on a hill full of fire. We are very arrogant to think we alone have a totally original mind. We are carried on the backs of all the writers who came before us. We live in the present with all the history, ideas, and soda pop of this time. It all gets mixed up in our writing.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Writing, Thinking, Fire

  Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.102, Shambhala Publications

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• There comes a moment during which almost every girl or boy falls into melancholy; they are tormented by a vague inquietude which rests on everything and finds nothing to calm it. They seek solitude; they weep; the silence to be found in cloister attracts them: the image of peace that seems to reign in religious houses seduces them. They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.

  Denis Diderot

  Girl, Fashion, Religious

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• As an American I must say I haven't been very encouraged by the way in which the people who run the government in the United States have been listening to those contrary voices. And so long as the power to run the world lies in the hands of people who are quite happy to see it get warmer, or fuel be used more, then would those people who oppose it are crying in the wilderness - that's the real problem.

  Richard Lewontin

  Running, Real, Lying

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Nobody wants a job where they don't have authority to go along with the responsibility. Quite the contrary. The more authority you give people, the better people you can attract, and the harder they're going to work, and the more loyal they are going to be.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Responsibility, People

  Interview with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

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