#contradict

If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and see something else which totally contradicts what you've written and every conclusion you've come to. ↗

— Charles Dance

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The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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Good morning is a contradiction of terms. ↗

— Jim Davis

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The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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