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A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn’t.

Bernard Williams

If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

Business Disappointment Regret
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.
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Average Discover Father Men
Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

Harder Less Like Tranquility
People who say, ‘Let the chips fall where they may,’ usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.
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Chip Fall May People
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
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Rose Success Victory
You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage.
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Foolhardy Knows Mature
Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

Becoming Secret Valleys
What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.
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Humor Stranger World
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody’s weakness.
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Growth Time Weakness
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

Advice Junk Mail
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

April Lord Spring
Americans are optimists. They hope they’ll be wealthy someday – and they’re positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.
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Emptiness Optimism Optimistic
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
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Books Reading Sports
A half-truth is usually less than half of that.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

Half Lying Truth
A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn’t.
BERNARD WILLIAMS

Criticism Critics Friendship
Laziness has many disguises. Soon “winter doldrums” will become “spring fever.”
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Fever Spring Winter

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn’t.

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