#possession

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. ↗

— Chanakya

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. ↗

— Democritus

#dwells #gold #happiness #possessions #resides

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power. ↗

— Joan Didion

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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. ↗

— George Washington

#dislodge #easier #enemy #experience #got

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#conceive #day #i #i do #into

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#desire #female #friendship #happiness #her

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#despotism #fetters #freedom #our #possessions

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#little #possessions #truly #you #your

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession. ↗

— Julie Harris

#everyone #football #i #know #much

One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it. ↗