#posse

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#civilization #other #possessing #seeking #than

I was possessed by London. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#london #possessed

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#politics #possession #power #real

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings. ↗

— Ella R. Bloor

#around #beauty #beings #everything #gift

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world. ↗

— Richard Eberhart

#country #crisis #energy #equal #last

At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about myself. ↗

— Benny Carter

#age #even #finished work #got #i

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself, Love possesses not nor would it be possessed: For love is sufficient unto love. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#possessiveness #love

I'm mine. Not anyone else's. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#oneself #possession #love

It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#possession #marriage

When I hear that "Possession is the grave of love," I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection. ↗

— F.H. Bradley

#marriage #monogamy #possession #religion #resurrection