Opposition brings concord, out of discord comes the fairest harmony. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Balance is achieved, a harmony of opposites in concord rather than discord (c.f. the robot's voice and clanking). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Live in concord," came to him; but it was not applicable. From Wordnik.com. [The Chinago] Reference
The laws of concord, that is, the agreement of certain words, must be obeyed. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
We can all perceive the discord; but how to produce concord, that is the question. From Wordnik.com. [Gala-days] Reference
The correspondence was resumed with Ferdinand, and an arrangement was at length concluded between the parties, known as the concord of Salamanca, November 24th, 1505. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3] Reference
Two others, for sports and "concord," honoring those who work for peace or fight poverty, will be announced in September. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Even though some kind of concord is patched up, still a peace will be established such as exists between wolves and lambs. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church] Reference
Organizers said the German capital had earned the "concord" prize for improving world relations following the fall of the Berlin Wall some 20 years ago. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There is another accession to the cause of peace and concord, which is also of great weight: I mean, that no citizen can have immovable property (Chap. VI. From Wordnik.com. [A Political Treatise] Reference
'too sharp,' and that her chiding of herself is 'too flat,' meaning, that neither is in 'concord' with the spirit of the love-letter. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries] Reference
All must live together in the concord of a perfect democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
There is a vast difference between a connection and a concord. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Have great care of unity and concord, than which nothing is better. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
"He does not have the capacity to build a government of national concord.". From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Haiti] Reference
To endeavour to add one stone to this temple of concord, to try and remove. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
In friendship men look for peace, and concord, and some measure of content. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
The concord, or collection of rules, gives us another, under the names of the two SS. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Such a happy, prosperous throng; such a concord of sweet sounds and scents and sights!. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Can anyone present tell me who it was that woke me in the night 'with concord of sweet sounds'?". From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Father of mercy suffer himself to be overcome by the concord of many in prayer, and show mercy to sinners. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
But nature is ever liberal, and her chords are generally harmonies, or exquisite modifications of concord. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The commonest error in the use of the verb is the disregard of the concord between the verb and its subject. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
What the tones are in the musical chord they are in humanity, eternal variety in eternal harmony and concord. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He exhorted the virgins to preserve their purity, and to honor the bishops, and all the bishops to abide to concord. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Usually we turned Rosh Hashanah into our harvest festivity, with new fall fruits such as apples and my favorite, concord grapes. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Singer: An Atheist Celebrates Rosh Hashanah] Reference
"The hopelessly poignant thing," he says, "was not Lolita's absence from my side, but the absence of her voice from that concord.". From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Humbert] Reference
Aphrodite, so that no lyre or lute could be more harmonious or in tune than your married life, as the result of philosophy and concord. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
It really seemed to us quite impossible that this concord of sweet sounds could be instrumental music, so perfect was the vocal effect. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
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