#posse

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. ↗

— Epicurus

#much #possession #riches #their #torment

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#got #nature #nothing #nowadays #out

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it. ↗

— Euripides

#god #hates #men #ordained #possess

The wavering mind is but a base possession. ↗

— Euripides

#mind #possession #wavering

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command. ↗

— William Falconer

#being #certainly #charge #chief #command

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. ↗

— Albert Camus

#even #insatiable #itself #love #loves

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#men and women #mutual #own #possession #should

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs. ↗

— James L. Farmer, Jr.

#martyrs #our #past #possess #tomorrow

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#limited #must #order #possessed

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. ↗

— Robert Burns

#character #complaint #cowardly #despised #enduring