F. H. Bradley Quotes

An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

There is no proverb that is not true.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

The best mind-altering drug is the truth.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.

Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

The beginning of all wisdom is recognition of facts