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

#better #blow #depends #either #fly

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

#arrive #conceived #eve #his #knew

There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#find #indecent #naked #nude #something

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

#children #doll #girl #her #more

Another occupation might have been better. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#been #better #might #occupation

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

— F. H. Bradley

#every #false #must #true #truth

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

#good #him #himself #how #know

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

#believe #find #finding #instinct #less

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#answered #blow #brains #cannot #ceased

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

#cold #dull #epigrams #experiences #fixed