Quotes about Contradiction
We partake of the ideal but we also make poo.
- JM Coetzee
The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.
- Khalil Gibran
My life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it.
- Mother Angelica
I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite.
- Bo Burnham
Leave it up to hipster nerds to pretend to hate something that they actually want
- Tucker Max
There are certain natures which cannot have love on one side without hatred on the other.
- Victor Hugo
As the place is worth seeing, nobody goes there.
- Victor Hugo
He was a friendly but sad figure. People said of him: 'A rich man who is not proud. A fortunate man who does not look happy.
- Victor Hugo
An opulent priest is a contradiction.
- Victor Hugo
He was full of sly caution and clumsy recklessness. He
- Victor Hugo
People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.
- Milan Kundera