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«A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.»
«Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece by thought, choice, courage and determination.»
«There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.»
«There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.»
«It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.»
«Happiness ain't a thing in itself /it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.»
«We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action»
«Order is a lovely nymph, the child of Beauty and Wisdom; her attendants are Comfort, Neatness, and Activity; her abode is the valley of happiness: she is always to be found when sought for, and never appears so lovely as when contrasted with her opponent, Disorder.»
«Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even the fullest existence as such is but a happy moment.»
«One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of Creation. . . We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.»