#posse

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. ↗

— George Santayana

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In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#citizenship #inhumanity #possession #precious #terrorism

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#been #convincing #especially #nothing #poetry

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#adversity #gains #obstacles #only #overcome

Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts. ↗

— Hun Sen

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A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#alone #give #giving #greatest #intangible

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#possessing #quite #worth

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not. ↗

— Terence

#curses #get #how #know #mind