#count

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#form #forms #habits #life #soul

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them. ↗

— Saint Basil

#affairs #comfort #derived #find #human

Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#bringing #contempt #country #democratic #fundamentalists

So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it in the story and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times. ↗

— Jack Vance

#away #countless #done #find #fit

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#candidate #country #give #i #i think

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#farmer #platforms #republican #says #vital

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#because #becomes #countries #each #favor

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#butterfly #counts #enough #moments #months

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood. ↗

— George Takei

#certainly #country #family #father #flesh

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

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