#possess

The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#few #few men #happy #material #material things

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#any #become #being #could #die

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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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

#certain time #chance #demanded #every #happiness

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. ↗

— Walter Scott

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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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I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did. ↗

— Brian Setzer

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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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