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> [it is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/it-is-far-better-to-appreciate-and-not-to-possess-than-to-possess-and/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

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## More by Lilian Whiting

> [Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/rome-is-stately-and-impressive-florence-is-all-beauty-and-enchantment/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [Love is the reality of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/love-is-the-reality-of-the-soul/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [The vision always precedes the realization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/the-vision-always-precedes-the-realization/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/to-live-in-venice-is-like-being-domesticated-in-the-heart-of-an-opal/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [No one has success until he has the abounding life. This is made up of the many-fold activity of energy, enthusiasm and gladness. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/no-one-has-success-until-he-has-the-abounding-life-this-is-made-up-of/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/history-and-legend-and-art-and-romance-meet-and-mingle-to-create-that/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/when-an-object-or-purpose-is-clearly-held-in-thought-its/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/opportunity-is-responsibility-it-is-a-fleeing-conjunction-of/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [True socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them, - that is another matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/true-socialism-is-the-equalization-of-all-privileges-the-power-to/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/to-be-rich-in-friends-is-to-be-poor-in-nothing/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [service is the joy-giving factor in daily life. It is as spontaneous as light, as subtle as electricity, as exhilarating as sunshine. It exists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/service-is-the-joy-giving-factor-in-daily-life-it-is-as-spontaneous/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [it is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/it-is-far-better-to-appreciate-and-not-to-possess-than-to-possess-and/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

> [The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to the education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-whiting/the-individual-who-cultivates-grievances-and-who-is-perpetually/)

[Lilian Whiting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-whiting/)

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