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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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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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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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Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

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We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs. ↗

— James L. Farmer, Jr.

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If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. ↗

— Jesus Christ

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