Lie/paradoxes

Famous quotes containing the words lie and/or paradoxes:

    “A man’s wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “Though your views are in straight antagonism to theirs, assume an identity of sentiment, assume that you are saying precisely that which all think, and in the flow of wit and love roll out your paradoxes in solid column, with not the infirmity of a doubt.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)