A quotation from Mark Twain

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it!

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-12), “Eve’s Diary,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 112, No. 1

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Twain, Mark - Story (1905-12), "Eve's Diary," Harper's Magazine, Vol. 112, No. 1 | WIST Quotations

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it! On Adam's admiration for her (Eve) having properly named the dodo. Published in June, 1906, as its own (illustrated) book.

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#بلخ؛ ۴۰۰ تُن کمک‌های بشری #ازبکستان به هلال‌احمر افغانی سپرده شد

سه‌شنبه، ۹ رجب ۱۴۴۷

۴۰۰ تُن کمک‌های بشری شامل مواد غذایی و ادویه طبی که از سوی کشور ازبکستان ارسال شده بود، طی مراسمی در ولایت بلخ به #هلال‌احمر_افغانی سپرده شد.

در این مراسم، الحاج ملا محمد یوسف وفا والی بلخ، ملا محمد حنیف خالد رئیس زون شمال هلال‌احمر افغانی، قاری محمد یونس معصومی رئیس نمایندگی، عصمت‌الله ایرگشوف نمایندهٔ خاص رئیس‌جمهور ازبکستان، الوغ‌بیگ قاسموف والی ولایت سرخان‌دریا آن کشور و شماری از مقامات ولایتی دیگر حضور داشتند.

والی بلخ در سخنان خود گفت که ازبکستان از جمله #کشورهایی است که در مواقع حوادث طبیعی و غیرطبیعی به‌طور مداوم کمک‌های بشردوستانه با #افغانستان انجام داده است. وی از حکومت ازبکستان و هیأت همراه به‌خاطر کمک امروز قدردانی نموده و افزود که چنین همکاری‌هایی برای مردم افغانستان بسيار ارزشمند است.

سپس نمایندهٔ خاص رئیس‌جمهور ازبکستان در سخنان خود اطمینان داد که کشورش در #حالات_اضطراری همواره با مردم افغانستان همدردی نشان داده است و در زمینهٔ گسترش چنین #کمک‌های_بشردوستانه، به تلاش‌های خود ادامه خواهد داد.

رئیس زون شمال هلال‌احمر افغانی در سخنان خود گفت؛ این کمک‌ها بر اساس رهنمودهای رهبری هلال‌احمر و از طریق یک روند شفاف، به هموطنان #مستحق، #نیازمند و #آسیب‌دیده توزیع خواهد شد. وی تأکید کرد که هلال‌احمر افغانی تلاش می‌کند کمک‌های بشری را در سراسر کشور، با در نظر گرفتن نیازهای مردم، به‌گونه‌ای عادلانه توزیع نماید.

مواد کمکی شامل: ۹۶ تُن آرد، ۲۲ تُن برنج، ۲۲ تُن بوره، ۲۰ هزار لیتر روغن، ۴۰ تُن مکرونی، ۲۰ هزار قوطی گوشت کنسروی، ۱۸۰ هزار وعدهٔ غذای گرم و ۱۶۹ تُن ادویه مختلف طبی بود.

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#Balkh: 400 Tons of Humanitarian Assistance from #Uzbekistan Handed Over to ARCS

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

400 metric tons of #humanitarian_assistance consisting of food items and medical supplies, sent by the Republic of Uzbekistan, were handed over to the #ARCS during a ceremony held in Balkh. The event was attended by Al-Haj Mullah Mohammad Yousuf Wafa, Governor of Balkh Province; Mullah Mohammad Hanif Khalid, Director of the ARCS Northern Zone; Qari Mohammad Younis Masoumi, Head of the ARCS Provincial Branch; Ismatullah Irgashov, Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan to #Afghanistan; Ulugbek Qasymov, Governor of Surkhandarya Province of Uzbekistan; along with a number of other provincial officials.

In his remarks, the Governor of Balkh stated that Uzbekistan is among the #countries that have consistently provided humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan during times of natural and non-natural disasters. He expressed gratitude to the Government of Uzbekistan and the visiting delegation for today’s assistance, adding that such #cooperation is of great value to the Afghan people.

Subsequently, the Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan assured that his country has always demonstrated solidarity with the Afghan people during #emergencies and will continue its efforts to expand such humanitarian assistance.

The Director of the ARCS Northern Zone stated that, under the guidance of ARCS leadership and through a transparent process, the assistance will be distributed to #deserving, #needy, and #disaster_affected people. He emphasized that ARCS strives to distribute humanitarian assistance fairly across the country, in accordance with the needs of the people.

The assistance included 96 tons of flour, 22 tons of rice, 22 tons of sugar, 20,000 liters of cooking oil, 40 tons of macaroni, 20,000 cans of canned meat, 180,000 hot meals, and 169 tons of various medical supplies.

Source: Afghan Red Crescent | افغاني سره میاشت (@ARCSAfghanistan)
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#Afghanistan #Balkh

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose life has passed without a contest, and who can boast neither success nor merit, can survey himself only as a useless filler of existence; and if he is content with his own character, must owe his satisfaction to insensibility.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111

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Johnson, Samuel - Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111 | WIST Quotations

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose life has passed without a contest, and who can boast neither success nor merit, can survey himself only as a useless filler of existence; and…

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A quotation from C. C. Colton

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 178 (1822)

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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 178 (1822) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. Epitaph on Emma Goldman's gravestone in Forest Park, Illinois. Often attributed to her (even under the same book name).

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A quotation from Josh Billings

He who expekts to be praized every time he duz a virtewous thing will soon git tired of the bizzness.
 
[He who expects to be praised every time he does a virtuous thing will soon get tired of the business.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-07 (1875 ed.)

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A quotation from John Adams

We cannot insure Success, but We can deserve it.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-08-18) to Abigail Adams

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A quotation from Bill Watterson

CALVIN: Why should I have to work for everything?! It’s like saying I don’t deserve it!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1995-01-25)

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CALVIN: Why should I have to work for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!

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A quotation from C. C. Colton

The two most precious things on this side the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. A wise man, therefore, will be more anxious to deserve a fair name than to possess it, and this will teach him so to live as not to be afraid to die.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 555 (1820)

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A quotation from Chamfort, Nicolas:

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Rank without merit earns deference without respect.

[L’importance sans mérite obtient des égards sans estime.]
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