Author: Bernard Williams

Quotes

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

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

- Bernard Williams

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

- 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

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

- Bernard Williams

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

- 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

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

- 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

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