Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams
Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBAwas an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, Shame and Necessity, and Truth and Truthfulness. He was knighted in 1999...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 September 1929
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Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.
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Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
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Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.
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People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.
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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
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Few things move as quietly as the future.
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If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.
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The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
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If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.
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We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
action belief illusion
We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.
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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
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We are potentially looking at tens of thousands of pounds. The Hirst and the McCartney are star lots.
good-morning hope good-day
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.