What desire can be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself? Michel Foucault
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
There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law: it would be contrary to common sense and reason if it were so. William Henry Maule
It is not, however, to be imagined, that this free and open exposure of the gross errors in which the existing generation has been instructed, should be forthwith palatable to the world; it would be contrary to reason to form any such expectations. Robert Owen