#posses

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#events #exclusive #formidable #impediment #knowledge

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#greatly #his #increasing #main #man

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#discreetly #even #how #knows #possessor

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#game #i #like #more #only

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#had #i #less #match #never

Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#century #descriptions #each #gone #kings

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still. ↗

— Thales

#else #good #hope #men #nothing

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#capable #caught #clarify #country #cycle

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children. ↗

— Bill Nelson

#leave #people #permanently #possessions #repeal

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#art #possess #quality #striving #strong