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F. H. Bradley Quotes

F. H. Bradley quotes

British Philosopher January 30, 1846 – September 18, 1924

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F. H. Bradley quote: "When I hear that "Possession is the grave of love," I remember..."
When I hear that "Possession is the grave of love," I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection. F. H. Bradley
F. H. Bradley quote: "The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And..."
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness. F. H. Bradley
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
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings. F. H. Bradley
F. H. Bradley quote: "The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything..."
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. F. H. Bradley
It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself. F. H. Bradley
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
F. H. Bradley quote: "True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to..."
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat. F. H. Bradley
F. H. Bradley quote: "The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in..."
The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one. F. H. Bradley
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
F. H. Bradley quote: "The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care."
The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care. F. H. Bradley
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
F. H. Bradley quote: "There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to..."
There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us. F. H. Bradley
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. F. H. Bradley
F. H. Bradley quote: "The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind."
The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind. F. H. Bradley

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