Author: Bernard Williams

Quotes

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

- Bernard Williams

Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history.

Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history.

- Bernard Williams

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

- Bernard Williams

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

- Bernard Williams

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

- Bernard Williams

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

- Bernard Williams

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

- Bernard Williams

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

- Bernard Williams

The truth is that we all have to do more things than we can rightly do, if we are to do anything at all.

The truth is that we all have to do more things than we can rightly do, if we are to do anything at all.

- Bernard Williams

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