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The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
Conformity
Dr. Robert Anthony

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The politician is like an acrobat : he keeps his balance By saying the opposite of what he does.
Politicians and Politics
Barres

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All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.
Color
Marc Chagall

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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
Pleasure
Pierre Charron

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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
Politicians and Politics
Abba Eban

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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
Humor
Umberto Eco

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A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
Peace
Gersonides

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While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
Faults
Horace

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The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance.
Ignorance
Brian Hwang

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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Conversation
Fran Lebowitz

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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Wisdom
Samuel Levenson

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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
Imitation
Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
Hatred
Rollo May

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The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Revolutions and Revolutionaries
Plato

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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Risk
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Proverbs
George Santayana

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The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.
Truth
Susan Sontag

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For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
Critics and Criticism
Source Unknown

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The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
Unity
Virgil

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For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Action
Bob Wells

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun