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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#any #cannot #could #enough #force

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#endeavor #follies #god #him #like

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#example #for example #idea #immediately #indeed

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another. ↗

— Geoffrey Beene

#belonging #born #clothes #form #into

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#common #everyday #indifferent #likely #only

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ↗

— Max Born

#evil #oneself #only #possession #root

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. ↗

— Andre Breton

#booty #desire #industry #less #nothing