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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Attract Become Change Economy Happen Help Least May Most Nature Need Often Suffer Sympathy Those Uninteresting Who Whom Wise Without

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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Cease Interest Persons Shock Us Who

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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Care Fear Man Who

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

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Any Every False Must True Truth Truth Is

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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Complete Deadliest Foe Self-Knowledge Virtue Would

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Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Aphorism Blood Cold Dull Experiences Fixed Heart Ink Live Mere Our Turns Write

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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

Topics: Adam Arrive Conceived Eve His Knew Knowledge Men Only Pity Seem She Some Some Men Still Which Wife Wives

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The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Against Better Blow Depends Either Fly Force Once Resistance Sometimes Struggle Temptation Yield

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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

~F. H. Bradley

Topics: Condemns He Man Ready Recall Repeat Silence True Willing Would

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 30th, 1846

Died: September 18th, 1924

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