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There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Could Defeat Hope Never Night Problem Sunrise

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Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Fire Flame Genius Talent

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

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Classy Indolence Laziness Like Makes Seem Word

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

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Face Licking Like Psychiatrist Puppy World Your

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

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Any Human Human Spirit Made Man Material Never Resilient Spirit

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The people I really do dislike are the morally unimaginative kind of evolutionary reductionists who, in the name of science, think they can explain everything in terms of our early hominid ancestors or our genes, with their combination of high-handed tone and disregard for history. Such reductive speculation encourages a really empty scientism.

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Ancestors Combination Dislike Disregard Early Empty Encourages Everything Evolutionary Explain Genes History Kind Morally Name Our People Really Science Speculation Terms Think Tone Who

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

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Becoming Canyon Grand Keep Life Peaks Secret Series Supposed Valleys

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

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Created Day He Hope Lord Same Spring

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

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Boast Could Invented June Night Romance Talk Would

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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

Topics: Been Century Criticism Days Death Last Literary People Philosophy Predicting Replaced Saying Since Sociology Student Then Were Would

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: September 21st, 1929

Died: June 10th, 2003

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