#possess

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

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It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not. ↗

— John Francis Davis

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People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. ↗

— Ben Elton

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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers. ↗

— Gail Godwin

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The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative. ↗

— Corliss Lamont

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. ↗

— George Santayana

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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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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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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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