#contrast

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. ↗

— Voltaire

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There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. ↗

— Scott Walker

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In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

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In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. ↗

— Richard Rogers

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In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

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