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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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In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis. ↗

— John Wycliffe

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Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. ↗

— Andre Gide

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It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

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He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. ↗

— Sophocles

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Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. ↗

— James Jeans

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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. ↗

— Walter Scott

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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. ↗

— Hans Kung

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