After all, he said, it is the spirit of the thing that counts.
In the growing and changing body of science this counts for much.
Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile.
He has confronted many a serious physical risk, and counts himself lucky to have come through without a scratch or scar.
Lady Glencore's beauty and her vast fortune were now counts in the indictment against her, and many a jealous rival was not sorry at this hour of humiliation.
'Wherever we go', they said, 'we shall be treated as counts and kings; but you, you starveling wretch, who haven't a penny, and never will have one, who do you think will care a bit about you?'
Brilliancy of intellect, however important in many fields of activity, counts for relatively little in home and social life, if not accompanied by graciousness of manner, kindness of heart, uprightness of character.
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