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“The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.”

Friendship Grace Friends Habit Opposites Agree Faults Length Discovering Novelty

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.”

Persons Two Sex Religious Opposites Agree Spy Ceremony Husband And Wife Funny Marriage Marriage Humor Funny Wedding Husband Wife Marriage Ceremony Funny Husband And Wife

Book:Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work

Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work

“I was very fond of Princess Diana. She used to have me over to lunch to ask my advice. I'd give her good advice, and she'd say: 'I entirely agree. Paul, you're so right.' Then she'd go and do the opposite.”

Giving Used Asks Advice Opposites Agree Lunch Princess Good Advice Diana

Author:Paul Johnson

“I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt at least to understand it, for the opposite of mutual understanding is, quite simply, war.”

Should War Understanding Opposites Agree Mutual Mutual Understanding

Author:Ken Wilber

“You know, our fundamentalist friends dislike the teaching of evolution in schools because of the effect they feel it has on our view of our own special importance, while liberals insist that scientific and spiritual matters can be kept in separate compartments. On this point, I tend to agree with the fundamentalists, though I come to opposite conclusions about teaching evolution because I am convinced it's true.”

Knows Feels Matter School Spiritual Views Teaching Special Effects Evolution Opposites Importance Agree Convinced Conclusion Dislike Fundamentalist

Book:Facing Up

Source: Facing Up

“I don't want to make a member of Congress do something that that member of Congress's constituents would not approve of, or would not agree to. So in that regard, I'm kind of the opposite of a lobbyist.”

Want Kind Members Opposites Regard Agree Congress Constituents Lobbyists

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.”

People Ifs Thinking Mean Soul Asks Courage Opposites Agree

Book:The Common Reader

Source: The Common Reader

“Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to.”

People Liberty Economic Ordinary Capitalism Economics Opposites Agree Ordinary People Transactions Isms

Author:Thomas Sowell