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Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

Bernard Berenson

Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her.
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Appear Believe Fear Mary Prayer
Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique – without which however it cannot exist at all.
BERNARD BERENSON

Art Instrument Mind Technique
Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.
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Life Quality Taught
Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one’s training.
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Genius Reaction Training
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
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Creativity Ignorance Inspirational
I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
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Carpe Die Hands Time
Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.
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Appetite Satisfied Taste
Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.
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Art Government Momentary
The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself.
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Art Helping Justification
Enemies could become the best companions. Companionship is based on a common interest, and the greater the interest the closer the companionship. What makes enemies of people, if not the eagerness, the passion for the same thing?
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Enemy Greater Interest Passion People
Who will free me from hurry, flurry, the feeling of a crowd pushing behind me, of being hustled and crushed?
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Creative Feeling Free Play Years
International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.
BERNARD BERENSON

Affair People Way
I am only a picture-taster, the way others are wine-or tea-tasters.
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Taster Tea Way Wine
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
BERNARD BERENSON

Comparison History Truth
Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.
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Boast Cry Despair Hope
We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: “Too bad we can’t get together more often”.
BERNARD BERENSON

Funeral Get Together

Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

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