#pro

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #measure #misfortune #pleasure

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#damned #getting #hear #i #i am

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

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#adequate #basis #effort #enlightened #enterprise

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#better things #developing #evils #new #progress

Sometimes life is so complicated to keep promises. ↗

— Lee Monroe

#life

Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#gives #meaning #natural #penetrate #proper

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#contrary #iraqi #kurdish #no-fly #people

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#fight #freedom #i #iraqis #kinds

In Riyadh, there's going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people. It's like a city within a city. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#city #going #house #huge #inhabitants