Bernard Berenson Quotes
We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often".
Bernard Berenson
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Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.
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We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often".
Bernard Berenson
