#posse

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. ↗

— Epictetus

#consists #few #great #having #possessions

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#back #date #existed #i #me

Real riches are the riches possessed inside. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#inside #possessed #real #riches

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. ↗

— Voltaire

#enables #get #possess #reason #those

I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself! ↗

— Olivia Williams

#box #box office #box-office #called #could

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#feelings #give #heart #much #overly

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#does #needs #possess #possesses #religion

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#hide #keep #must #possesses #secret

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#excellent #farmers #food #goods #land

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#belief #enable #entirely #fact #harm