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opposites differences judging
The comparison between Coleridge and Johnson is obvious in so far as each held sway chiefly by the power of his tongue. The difference between their methods is so marked that it is tempting, but also unnecessary, to judge one to be inferior to the other. Johnson was robust, combative, and concrete; Coleridge was the opposite. The contrast was perhaps in his mind when he said of Johnson: "his bow-wow manner must have had a good deal to do with the effect produced. Virginia Woolf
opposites water gold
If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason -- its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it a necessity and a metaphor for life itself. To value gold over water is to value economy over ecology, that which can be locked up over that which connects all things. Rebecca Solnit
opposites telling-the-truth
In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite. Nelson Eddy
opposites age becoming
I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry. Nawal El Saadawi
opposites temptation satan
The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods. R. C. Sproul
opposites impossible
The opposite of nature is impossible. R. Buckminster Fuller
opposites would-be strange
Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like. Olivier Martinez
opposites two opinion
In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right. Oliver Goldsmith
opposites abortion pro-life
The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. It is a deep wound in society. Pope Benedict XVI
fool source
He who quotes himself has a fool for a source. Richard O'Brien
fool hocus-pocus ordinary
An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible! Richard P. Feynman
foolish young accomplish
All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish. Robert Plant
fool proud mercy
The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets. Washington Allston
fool learn learned people skate speak until
I learned to speak as people learn to skate or cycle, by doggedly making a fool of myself until I got used to it George Bernard Shaw
foolish mistake regret rest terrible
I made a terrible and foolish mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life. Matt Lawton
fools looked sure
I'm sure we looked like fools down there, ... but if I had to do it all over again, I would have aimed at the same target.
fool fools-and-foolishness
I'm not ready, so I'm not going to go out there and make a fool of myself. Manny Ramirez
fool ifs
Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried. Kellan Lutz
vices great-things knows
It is a great thing to know your vices. Marcus Tullius Cicero
vices flattery handmaids
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
vices different vice-versa
Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa. Kevin Keegan
vices saint virtue
The virtues of society are the vices of the saints. Ralph Waldo Emerson
vices casts
I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices. Juliette Binoche
vices innocence kind
To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. Ouida
vices usual virtue
When depression economics prevails, the usual rules of economic policy no longer apply: virtue becomes vice, caution is risky and prudence is folly. Paul Krugman
vices cures endure
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure. Livy
vices hindsight historian
Hindsight is the historian's necessary vice. Hilary Mantel