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> [Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/poetry-is-the-universal-possession-of-mankind-revealing-itself/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/it-is-not-at-all-incredible-that-a-book-which-has-been-so-long-in-the/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

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> [The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodorus-gaza/the-gift-which-i-am-sending-you-is-called-a-dog-and-is-in-fact-the/)

[Theodorus Gaza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodorus-gaza/)

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> [Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sullivan/words-are-most-malignant-the-most-treacherous-possession-of-mankind/)

[Louis Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sullivan/)

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