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Extreme complication is contrary to art.
极端复杂与艺术相悖。
I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.
我总是和教练说的相反。
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
奇迹并不违背自然，而是违背我们对自然的认识。
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
宁愿毁灭整个世界，也不愿被我的手指划伤，这并不违背理性。
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
真理如光，使人盲目。谎言恰恰相反，是一种美丽的朦胧，它能使一切达到目的。
To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
放弃自己的原则是真正的死亡-和为一个不可能的爱而死，这是爱的对立面。
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.
信心确实能告诉我们感官所不能告诉我们的，但却不能告诉我们与感官所看到的相反。它在他们之上，并不与他们相反。
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
房子必须让每个人都满意，而艺术作品则不然。这件作品是艺术家的私事。房子不是。
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。
Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.
恶与善为邻，恶与善混淆;正如对一个善良的人来说，报告自己的好品质是令人愉快的，因此，与之相反的关系也不应该是令人不快的。
They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
他们说我们的君王凌驾于他的律法之上，他可以随心所欲地制定和违反律法，没有任何区别。事实正好相反，否则他不应该发誓遵守诺言。
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.
的确，人类自己创造了这个由民族组成的世界……但是，毫无疑问，这个世界产生于一种思想，这种思想往往是多样化的，有时是完全相反的，而且总是超越人们向自己提出的特定目标。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.
与普遍的误解相反，演员不一定是模仿或描绘他所了解的他人的专家。相反，演员可能只是一个比其他人更愿意透露一些关于自己的真相的人。
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.
接受一个人的生活与顺从无关;这并不意味着逃避斗争。相反，它意味着接受它的本来面目，带有遗传、痛苦、心理复杂和不公正的所有障碍。