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Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope. Bernard Berenson
Hope Young Despair Except Cry Always Boast
When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase. Bernard Berenson
Appreciation Beauty Increase Else Everything Everything Else Diminish Physical Mental Seems
Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities. Bernard Berenson
Life Me Our Faults Hated Qualities Taught Disliked Even
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. Bernard Berenson
Life Ending Complete Oneself Self Identification Left Die May Full
I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. Bernard Berenson
Me People Busy Corner Would Hat Could Throw Hours Hand Beg Stand Wasted
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. Bernard Berenson
Truth Between Choose Search Second
One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. Brooks Adams
Life Friendship Needs Thought Three Community Aim One Friend Possible Lifetime Rivalry Friend Much Certain Many Hardly Two
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand. Brooks Adams
Hundred Slight Thousand Select He Read Readers Five Author Difference Influence Whether
And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going. Bruce Catton
Will Down Meet Parallel Steel Like Track Lines Shining Off Train Infinity Going Where After Which Far Rails
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you. Bruce Catton
Day Morning You Waiting Will Nice Living Some Take Town Like Know Limited Does Leave Junction May Where Interesting Moment Present Present Moment Last
The smaller the function, the greater the management. C. Northcote Parkinson
Management Smaller Greater Function
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. C. Northcote Parkinson
Work Time Completion Available Fill
The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. C. Northcote Parkinson
Time Law Will Sum Stated Spent Triviality Inverse Proportion Involved Item Any Agenda Means
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. C. Northcote Parkinson
Sense Society Boredom Chief Automated Product Deepening Widespread
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. C. Northcote Parkinson
Man Opportunity Important Take Allowed He Taking Importance Denied Begins Regard Decisions Who
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself. C. Northcote Parkinson
Life Man Lost Paperwork Brought Having He Devoted Himself Dealing His Anything Notice Initiative Whose Things
I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit. Carter G. Woodson
Welcome Law White Fact Am Afraid Being In Fact Should Businessmen Sued Suit
If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own. Carter G. Woodson
Man Own White Out Carry Able Develop He Him His Hold Wants Far Should Program
We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just. Carter G. Woodson
Overcome Final Segregation Him Accept How Just Teach Show
They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands. Carter G. Woodson
Needs Money Pool Earnings Immediately Must Some Economic Supply Supplying Participate Demands Industries Still Begin Social Organize
Quite naturally, the men who led in stirring up the revolt against Great Britain and in keeping the fighting temper of the Revolutionists at the proper heat were the boldest and most radical thinkers - men like Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson. Charles A. Beard
Great Men Fighting Radical Great Britain Thomas Thomas Jefferson Temper Proper Like Most Were Led Stirring Up Revolt Heat Quite Samuel Against Paine Naturally Who Jefferson Boldest Henry Keeping Thinkers Britain
Foreigners may be admitted to citizenship by naturalization, either collectively or individually. Collective naturalization may occur when a foreign territory and its inhabitants are transferred to the United States. Charles A. Beard
Collective States Citizenship Collectively Admitted Individually Territory Occur Foreign Foreigners May Transferred Either Inhabitants United United States
It would indeed be a sad misfortune if man were released from the necessity of work and struggle, for it is a well-known fact that organs which do not function atrophy; and according to the old saying, 'Idleness is the devil's workshop.' Charles A. Beard
Sad Work Saying Man Struggle Old Devil Indeed Released Would Atrophy Fact Misfortune Idleness Were According Which Organs Workshop Function Necessity
The Constitution did not even go into effect when Washington was inaugurated first President. The wisest men knew that it was only a figment of the imagination then. Charles A. Beard
Constitution Men First Imagination President Only Knew Wisest Go Effect Did Inaugurated Then Even Washington
Party machinery is not a fortuitous development, but is the direct result of the requirements of practical politics. The necessity of nominating candidates for offices leads inevitably to the development of caucuses and conventions. Charles A. Beard
Politics Result Party Machinery Direct Development Leads Practical Inevitably Offices Candidates Conventions Requirements Fortuitous Necessity
Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature. Charles A. Beard
Politics Nature Politician Human Nature He Supreme Because Understood Lincoln Human
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