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• A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.

  Axel Munthe

  Dog, Believe, Rights

  Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

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• It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they have already produced; it dries up the source of riches, while it usually respects acquired property. Freedom, on the contrary, produces far more goods than it destroys; and the nations which are favored by free institutions invariably find that their resources increase even more rapidly than their taxes.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Riches, Ruins, Wealth

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• Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!"

  E. W. Kenyon

  Acting, Faces, Turmoil

  E.W. Kenyon, Don Gossett (2016). “His Word Is Now”, p.16, Whitaker House

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• I have always believed that most large fortunes are made by men...who tumbled into a lucky opportunity. Hard work and attention to business are necessary, but they rarely result in achieving a large fortune. Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich, he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

  Julius Rosenwald

  Smart, Believe, Hard Work

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• He that has most experience [is] so much more prudent than he that is new, as not to be equalled by any advantage of natural and extemporary wit- though many young men think the contrary.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Men, Thinking, Prudent

  Thomas Hobbes (2010). “Leviathan, Parts I and II - Revised Edition”, p.50, Broadview Press

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• Rationalism is an attitude of readiness to listen to contrary arguments and to learn from experience... of admitting that "I may be wrong and you may be right and, by an effort, we may get nearer the truth."

  Karl Popper

  Attitude, Effort, Admitting

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• Ending the slave trade was contrary to British economic interests. For all its limitations and hypocrisies - British slavery itself, of course, still continued to exist - I still think it was a great moment in human history.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Thinking, Hypocrisy, Slavery

  "35 Million Ways to Be Black". Interview with Adam Hochschild, www.motherjones.com. March 14, 2007.

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• No one wants to say they hate their own body. Many are scared that if they confide in others then people will look down on them. This is wrong. It's not weak to talk about it. On the contrary. It's the same with alcoholics and drug addicts - you have to be honest with yourself first. When you have accepted the negatives you can then focus on the positives, like, I have nice hair, nice eyes, great cheekbones.

  Crystal Renn

  Nice, Hate, Eye

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Ampoules containing cortisone, testosterone gel residues, syringes and needles, a centrifuge for measuring my blood values.But, contrary to the erroneous reports in the press, they didn't find any EPO or growth hormone.

  Patrik Sinkewitz

  Growth Hormones, Blood, Testosterone

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• Socialism cannot function, because its economic reward structure is contrary to human nature.

  Frans de Waal

  Rewards, Human Nature, Socialism

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• I agree with God’s Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.

  T. B. Joshua

  Circumstances, Situation, Agree

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• You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected

  Gottfried Bohm

  Fashion, Humorous, Natural

  Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

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• It would be a mistake to assume that the present day educational system is unchanging. On the contrary, it is undergoing rapid change. But much of this change is no more than an attempt to refine the existent machinery, making it ever more efficient in pursuit of obsolete goals.

  Alvin Toffler

  Mistake, Educational, Goal

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• It is not with low prices-but on the contrary-it is with improved quality we cannot only hold the market, but improve it.

  Hans Wilsdorf

  Quality, Lows

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• Given the huge size of Aegirocassis and its very alien appearance, I assume most people would probably be terrified if they'd encounter it while swimming. However, contrary to almost all other anomalocaridids which were active predators, our animal would have been a very peaceful guy.

  Benjamin Van Roy

  Swimming, Animal, People

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• Delude not yourself with the notion that you may be untrue and uncertain in trifles and in important things the contrary. Trifles make up existence, and give the observer the measure by which to try us; and the fearful power of habit, after a time, suffers not the best will to ripen into action.

  Carl Maria von Weber

  Giving, Suffering, Important

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• Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion

  Nicolas Gomez Davila

  Echoes, Public Opinion, Opinion

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• Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds.

  Samuel Smiles

  Mean, Men, Done

  Samuel Smiles (1910). “Character. Repr”

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• Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the guise of nonviolence because it would leave the violators unchanged and the consequences of violence unremedied.

  Miroslav Volf

  Way, Violence, Hospitality

  Miroslav Volf (2011). “A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good”, p.47, Brazos Press

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• To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Heart, Mean, Attachment

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• You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.

  Susan Piver

  Belief, Weak, Gateways

  "The Importance of Sadness" by Susan Piver, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 17, 2011.

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• You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia have jumped at the false conclusion, that Plotto is a dictionary of situations, a mechanism that yields a cut and dried plot by the mere use of a thumb index. Plotto, to the contrary, merely suggests the situations for the plot, explains what is to be done through Purpose and Obstacle and even offers suggestions as to the way in which it should be done.

  William Wallace Cook

  Cutting, Yield, Knowing

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• There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to be noticeably silly.

  H. L. Mencken

  Religious, Silly, Others Opinions

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.80, Vintage

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• The riches of the rich are not the cause of the poverty of anybody; the process that makes some people rich is, on the contrary, the corollary of the process that improves many peoples want satisfaction. The entrepreneurs, the capitalists and the technologists prosper as far as they succeed in best supplying the consumers.

  Ludwig von Mises

  People, Entrepreneur, Want

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The”, p.43, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical progress as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much through broken hearts and bruised emotions, through painful sacrifices and melancholy renunciations.

  Paul Brunton

  Heart, Sacrifice, Broken

  Paul Brunton (1984). “The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Perspectives (posthumous)”

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