#possess

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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Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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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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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about myself. ↗

— Benny Carter

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Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

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As for September 11, let us not too easily grant the Americans possession of that date on the calendar. Like May 1 or July 14 or December 25, September 11 may seem full of significance to some people, while to other people it is just another day. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#another day #calendar #date #day #december

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility to acquirers; and three, hope to all. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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