“The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.” MenShowsWomenJusticeWeaknessRegardContraryReasoningFacultyUnfortunateInferiors Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of advancement in perfection.” ShowsInspirationFaithVirtuePerfectionFaultsContraryOne LoveAdvancementCorrectionsReproof Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“La ve rite , comme la lumie' re, aveugle. Le mensonge, au contraire, est un beau cre puscule qui met chaque objet en valeur. Truth, like light, blinds. A lie, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight which shows the value of each object.” ShowsLightBeautifulLyingValuesObjectsMetsContraryTwilightRite Author:Albert Camus
“[I]n my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not believe me, and reprove me, as though I accused myself for a fool: not discerning the difference betwixt memory and understanding, which is to make matters still worse for me. But they do me wrong; for experience, rather, daily shows us, on the contrary, that a strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment.” MenBelieveStillsCountryMatterShowsStrongUnderstandingDifferencesMemoriesMinesFoolJudgmentContraryComplainingBelieve In MeDefectsAccusedDiscerningNo MemoryDaily Show Book:Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)
“Seneca's virtue shows forth so live and vigorous in his writings, and the defense is so clear there against some of these imputations, as that of his wealth and excessive spending, that I would not believe any testimony to the contrary.” WritingBelieveShowsWealthVirtueClearSpendingDefenseContraryTestimonyVigorousExcessive Spending Book:Essays Source: Essays
“The statements of certain western officials show that contrary to their absurd claims, westerners are disqualified, and impetuous, lacking any cultural background.” ShowsCertainClaimsWesternContraryBackgroundsStatementsAbsurdOfficialsLackingAbsurdityWesternersImpetuous Author:Hamid-Reza Assefi