Quotes:Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom
possesses certain exceptional properties. (The Mysterious Universe)
View quotes by Sir James JeansFirmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to
possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
View quotes by Robert BurnsIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
'Pride and Prejudice'
View quotes by Jane AustenIt is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in
possession of truth. (An Essay concerning Human Understanding.)
View quotes by John LockeNo one worth
possessing can be quite
possessed.
View quotes by Sara TeasdaleHonesty is a good
thing but
it is not profitable to
its
possessor
unless it is
kept under control.
View quotes by Don MarquisMathematics, rightly viewed,
possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
View quotes by Bertrand RussellAll my
possessions for a moment in time.
View quotes by Queen Elizabeth IElegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken
possession of their future.
View quotes by Coco ChanelFreedom is a
possession of inestimable value.
View quotes by CiceroIf any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first
possess a noble soul.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheAn object in
possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
View quotes by Pliny The YoungerBefore we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already
possess it.
View quotes by Duc De La RochefoucauldI have everything, yet have nothing; and although I
possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want. - Eunuchus
View quotes by TerenceOf all the
possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
View quotes by Johann Friedrich Von Schiller Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before
possessed.
View quotes by Joseph AddisonConceit 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.
View quotes by Louisa May AlcottA little kingdom I
possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
View quotes by Louisa May AlcottGood nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who
possess it.
View quotes by Henry Ward Beecher Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious
possessions.
View quotes by Ambrose BierceHonesty is the rarest wealth anyone can
possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
View quotes by Josh BillingsLiberty must be limited in order to be
possessed.
View quotes by Edmund BurkeI adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't
possess radiance, you can only admire it.
View quotes by Elizabeth TaylorAll endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must
possess if we are to face the future as finishers.
View quotes by Henry David ThoreauHealth is the greatest
possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
View quotes by Lao TzuAnger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is
possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
View quotes by Carl SandburgGenerosity is nothing else than a craze to
possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy
possessively the object which one gives.
View quotes by Jean Paul SartreWith people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who
possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
View quotes by Arthur SchopenhauerEvery
possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
View quotes by Arthur SchopenhauerA lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he
possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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