Quote by Bernard Berenson
I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg

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

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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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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? – Bernard Berenson

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The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. – Thomas Love Peacock

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The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons. – Prince Philip Edinburgh

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Willful waste brings woeful want. – Thomas Fuller

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The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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