Friday, August 12, 2005
OXYMORONS
Here are some oxymorons from the book Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths."A life of ease is a difficult pursuit." --William Cowper
"Life begins on the other side of despair." --Jean-Paul Sartre
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." --Mark Twain
"I love mankind--it's people I can't stand." --Charles Schulz
"Marriage is lonelier than solitude." --Adrienne Rich
"I cannot bear the crying of children, but when my child cries, I don't hear."
--Anton Chekhov "Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life."
--Simone Weil