Bernard Williams
"We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory."
Bernard Williams
"Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons."
Bernard Williams
"People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip."
Bernard Williams
"Contemporary moral philosophy has found an original way of being boring, which is by not discussing moral issues at all."
Bernard Williams
"People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position."
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."
Bernard Williams
"The majority of philosophers are totally humorless. That's part of their trouble."
Bernard Williams
"Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history."
Bernard Williams
"If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets."
Bernard Williams
"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 must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others."
Bernard Williams
"We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory."
Bernard Williams
"The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate."
Bernard Williams
"Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it."
Bernard Williams
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