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Bernard Williams

English Philosopher

Born: Sep 21, 1929

Died: Jun 10, 2003

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Related authors: Alan Watts Francis Bacon George Henry Lewes Herbert Spencer Jeremy Bentham John Locke John Stuart Mill Thomas Hobbes

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

Victory Looking Contentment Pass May Roses Violets

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

World Face Licking Puppy Like Psychiatrist Your

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire. Bernard Williams

Genius Brainy Fire Flame Talent

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. Bernard Williams

Hope Day Spring He Lord Same Created

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

Life Secret Valleys Supposed Becoming Grand Canyon Series Keep Peaks

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

Time Somebody Take Advantage Every Every Time Weakness Take Advantage Little Grow

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy. Bernard Williams

Word Laziness Seem Classy Indolence Like Makes

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair. Bernard Williams

Women Men Favorite Room Chair

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process. Bernard Williams

War Myself Man People Rich He Put Attracted Opera Himself Lot Very Process Converted Rich Man England Included

'Humanity' is a name not merely for a species but also for a quality. Bernard Williams

Quality Humanity Merely Name Also Species

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

Truth Truth Is Rightly More Than Anything Things

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't. Bernard Williams

Critic Lot Friend Things

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity. Bernard Williams

Extravagance Spirit Something Your Necessity Thinks

I was interested in philosophy before I knew I was. That's to say, when I was at school, I used to argue with my friends about issues that turned out to be philosophical ones of some kind. Bernard Williams

School Before Philosophical Philosophy Say Out Kind Some About Argue Knew Issues Friends Interested Turned Used

Virtually the only subject in which one could ever get a scholarship to Oxford or Cambridge was classics. So I went to Oxford to study classics and, unlike Cambridge, it had a philosophy component, and I became completely transported by it. Bernard Williams

Virtually Unlike Philosophy Component Classics Only Could Had Scholarship Study Became Cambridge Subject Get Oxford Which Ever

People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last days of philosophy.' Then we were told in the '60s it would be replaced by sociology, then by literary criticism. Bernard Williams

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