Author: F. H. Bradley

Quotes

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

- F. H. Bradley

There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.

There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.

- F. H. Bradley

Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.

Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.

- F. H. Bradley

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

- F. H. Bradley

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

- F. H. Bradley

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

- F. H. Bradley

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