The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry. — Hillel the Elder Copy Share Image
The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“Who hath desires must ever fearful be; Who lives in fear cannot be counted free.” — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“The bounded is loathed by its possessor. The same dull round even of a universe would soon become a mill with complicated… — William Blake Copy Share Image
The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession. — Henry Cabot Lodge Copy Share Image
Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
A bloody and complete victory has sometimes yielded no more than the possession of the field and the loss of ten thousand… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana... We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
The present is our own; but while we speak, We cease from its possession, and resign The stage we tread on, to… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
The knowledge and experience which produce wisdom can only become a man's individual possession and property by his own free action; and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
... for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Happiness doesn't come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. 'Stuff' doesn't bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
For the poets tell us, don't they, that the melodies they bring us are gathered from rills that run with honey, out… — Plato Copy Share Image
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants… The large and rapid fortunes… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession… Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
After a quarter of a century of personal experience and professional observation, I have come to understand that peace of mind is… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions. — Elaine L. Jack Copy Share Image
That's a wonderful thing, to take possession of the role that you're playing. — Helene Yorke Copy Share Image
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.’ Possession” — Carlo Ancelotti Copy Share Image
The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment. — Boethius Copy Share Image
“Don’t treat me like I belong to you because, no matter what I agreed to, I am not a possession!” — Sadie Grubor Copy Share Image
“Buffy Summers: (to Spike) "I could NEVER be your girl!” — Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers Copy Share Image
“My body is no longer mine. My soul dormant. I am once again, possessed. — Kia Carrington-Russell Copy Share Image