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 ==Paradox==
-Someone who does two things that seem to be opposite to each other or who has the qualities that are opposite.
+Something that appears to be contradictory but that is presented as being true.
-The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.
+Example: “I must be cruel only to be kind.” –William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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