“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence.
Or insanity.”
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