#possess

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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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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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess. ↗

— Jim Talent

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To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

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We will ensure that associates continue to possess unsurpassed product knowledge and maintain their dedication to customer service and respect for their colleagues and for the communities in which they work and live. ↗

— Arthur Blank

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Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

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A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. ↗

— James Boswell

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