“Truth and clarity are complementary.”

—  Niels Bohr

As quoted in Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism : Philosophical Responses to Quantum Mechanics (2000) by Christopher Norris, p. 234
Variant: Opposites are complementary.

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Contraria Sunt Complementa

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