When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase. – Bernard Berenson
Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed. – Bernard Berenson
I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson
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