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To be happy with human beings, we should not ask them for what they cannot give


Tristan Bernard

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BERNARD MELTZER We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
BERNARD WILLIAMS Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
BERNARD WILLIAMS To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
BERNARD BARUCH In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
BERNARD ARNAULT One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before ...
BERNARD BARUCH I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
BERNARD MALAMUD You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can ...
BERNARD MELTZER If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete...
BERNARD MELTZER There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.
BERNARD MELTZER Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCH You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you ...
SAINT BERNARD There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
BERNARD WILLIAMS I made my money by selling too soon.
BERNARD BARUCH When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
BERNARD MELTZER Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chan...
BERNARD CORNWELL Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own f...
BERNARD BARUCH You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a mor...
BERNARD PIVOT They’re praying to ham bones, ham bones! The blessed pig!
BERNARD CORNWELL I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happil...
BERNARD CORNWELL Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore.
BERNARD CORNWELL