Contrast:
- _"To err is human; to forgive, divine."_ (Alexander Pope)
- _"The child is the father of the man."_ (William Wordsworth)
Examples of Antithesis in Literature:
1. _"I can resist everything except temptation."_ - Oscar Wilde
2. _"The only thing that is constant is change."_ - Heraclitus
3. _"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it also makes the memory fade."_ - Sigmund Freud
4. _"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."_ - George Orwell, _Nineteen Eighty-Four_
5. _"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always."_ - Mahatma Gandhi
6. _"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."_ - William Shakespeare, _As You Like It_
7. _"Hope springs eternal in the human breast;/ Man never is, but always to be blest."_ - Alexander Pope, _An Essay on Man_
8. _"Some have greatness thrust upon them, others have greatness thrust upon others."_ - Winston Churchill
9. _"The course of true love never did run smooth."_ - William Shakespeare, _A Midsummer Night's Dream_
10. _"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret."_ - Jim Rohn