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And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud`s view of man.

- Chaim Potok

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.

- Pierre Salinger

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

- Giacomo Casanova

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

- Adrienne Camfield

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

- Al Eckert

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

- Alexis Truchan

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.

- Ali Partovi

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

- Allen Zaremberg

The countenance is the portrait of the mind, the eyes are its informers.

- Alvina Tan

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

- Alvina Tan

The Dauphine is much changed since I last saw her, and the care and sorrow of her childhood have left their traces on her countenance.

- Alysia Waters

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

- Arthur Helps