Quote by Bernard Berenson
Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves

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

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I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it. – Bernard Berenson

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When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase. – Bernard Berenson

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Income tax time is when you test your powers of deduction. – Shelby Friedman

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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. – Tiberius Caesar

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