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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. ↗

— John Ruskin

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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

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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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A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. ↗

— Charles Schwab

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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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A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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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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