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

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

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

- 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

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

- 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

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

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

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

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

- Bernard Williams

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