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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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We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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Riches are for spending. – Francis Bacon

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

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To go too far is as bad as to fall short. – Confucius

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