Bernard Williams Quotes

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
Tragedy is formed 'round ideas it does not expound, and to understand its history is, in some part, to understand those ideas and their place in the society that produced it.
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.
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.
Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.
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Bernard Williams
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Philosopher
BirthDate
21 September, 1929
DeathDate
10 June, 2003
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