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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. ↗

— Epicurus

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Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. ↗

— Epicurus

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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it. ↗

— Euripides

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The wavering mind is but a base possession. ↗

— Euripides

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The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command. ↗

— William Falconer

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The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Nothing in the tangible word that isn't living has any value beyond a dollar amount. Considering that dollars can only buy more tangible and inanimate objects, it would seem a far more worthwhile goal to instead learn to place value on the treasures of the mind. Memories, knowledge and skill together are the only things we will ever actually own. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

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