#possessing

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

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What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you. ↗

— Clara Schumann

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Imagination doesn't always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have. ↗

— Criss Jami

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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ↗

— Aristotle

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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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