Sayings about Opposites
Opposites attract.~ Latin Proverbs
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.~ Traditional Proverb
The reverse side also has a reverse side.~ Japanese Proverbs
One man’s happiness is another man’s sadness. ~ Brazilian Proverbs
One man’s fault is another man’s lesson. ~ Maltese Proverbs
My inclination first leads me in one direction, then in the opposite.~ Latin Proverb
Marriage is the opposite to a fever attack; it begins very hot and ends very cold.~ German Proverbs
Communism is the complete opposite.~ Polish Proverbs
Ask for your wife’s advice and then do the opposite.~ Arabian Proverbs
Quotations about Opposites
If one thing is opposite another, it is on the other side of a space from it. ~ Opposite Meaning in the Collins Dictionary
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. ~ Coco Chanel
It happens as one sees in cages: the birds who are outside despair of ever getting in, and those within are equally desirous of getting out. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.~ Bertrand Russell
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.~ Ben Hogan
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.~ Louis Aragon
There are some people who only disgust with their abilities; and there are some people who please even with their faults. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.~ Virgil
Opposites generally create intense chemistry. There are more chances of fireworks when different people are together than similar personalities. ~ Sonam Kapoor
Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.~ Luke the Evangelist
Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.~ Niels Bohr
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite~ Plato
All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ~ Marc Chagall
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?~ Richard Lederer
Wealth and compassion are opposites. ~ Munshi Premchand
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius–and a lot of courage–to move in the opposite direction.~ John Dryden
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins. ~ Ayn Rand
It is the pull of opposite poles that stretches souls. And only stretched souls make music.~ Eric Hoffer
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.~ Elie Wiesel
The dictate of the light says: “Know yourself and what you are.” The dark replies, “By all means, but then become afraid.”~ Tanith Lee
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. ~ Paul Tillich
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.~ William Blake
Discouragement is the opposite of courage.~ Connie Tilley
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. ~ Rollo May
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.~ John Kenneth Galbraith
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.~ Sir Humphrey Davy
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind.~ George Bernard Shaw
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.~ Andy Warhol
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.~ Gersonides
A sister is both your mirror – and your opposite.~ Elizabeth Fishel
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. ~ William Blake
I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.~ A. J. Balfour
The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy. ~ Mehmet Oz
There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it.~ Eric Hoffer
The world is not dialectical — it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.~ Jean Baudrillard
Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.~ Roger von Oech
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle. ~ Walt Whitman