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title: "4 Possessed Highest Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Those who possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to show them, and therefore they possessed them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/those-who-possessed-in-highest-degree-the-attributes-of-the-tao-did/)

[Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/)

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> [“His countenance possessed in the highest degree what physiognomists call “repose in action,” a quality of those who act rather than talk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/his-countenance-possessed-in-the-highest-degree-what-physiognomists/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

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> [Ravi Shankar was an incredible teacher. I sat on stage with Robby Krieger and studied at his school of Indian music here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-densmore/ravi-shankar-was-an-incredible-teacher-i-sat-on-stage-with-robby/)

[John Densmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-densmore/)

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> [“Those who possessed the highest (sense of) propriety were (always seeking) to show it, and when men did not respond to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/those-who-possessed-the-highest-sense-of-propriety-were-always/)

[Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/)

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