Galileo Galilei
Astronomer, Physicist
"Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones but by extreme positions of the opposite kind."
Joseph Prince
Pastor
"The gospel of grace is not the license to sin. On the contrary, it is the power for them to sin no more!"
Salvador Dali
Artist, Surrealist
"Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly."
Thomas A. Edison
Inventor
"No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!"
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"Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them."
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"The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed."
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"This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused."
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"Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand."
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"The woman does not work because the man tells her to work and she obeys. On the contrary, the woman works because she has told the man to work and he hasn’t obeyed."
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"Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love."
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"It is contrary to reasoning to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing."
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"The passions often engender their contraries."
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"All statutes to the contrary are revoked."
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"Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact."
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"Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour."
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"Without contraries there is no progression."
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"Our wills and fates do so contrary run."
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"Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good."
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"Commit no act that is contrary to love."
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