Verb
contain multitudes (third-person singular simple present contains multitudes, present participle containing multitudes, simple past and past participle contained multitudes)
(idiomatic) To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature, to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately noble or admirable.
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman
I am large, I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman