"Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity."

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Source : Bernard Berenson (1962). “The Bernard Berenson Treasury: A Selection from the Works, Unpublished Writings, Letters, Diaries, and Journals of the Most Celebrated Humanist and Art Historian of Our Times, 1887-1958”

Bernard Berenson

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“Daring to dream what is deepest in our collective longings is what makes us most human and fully alive.”
“The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]”
“For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.”
“If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.”
“Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.”
“You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body.”
“Be brief on the logic and reason portion of your presentation. There are probably about a thousand facts about an automobile, but you don't need them all to make a decision. About a half dozen will do.”
“My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.”

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