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title: "12 Possessor Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Possessor quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Possessor sayings and thoughts."
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> [Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt/unlimited-power-corrupts-the-possessor/)

[William Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt/)

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> [Riches either serve or govern the possessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/riches-either-serve-or-govern-the-possessor/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [“He who masters the small becomes the rightful possessor of the great.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-allen/he-who-masters-the-small-becomes-the-rightful-possessor-of-the-great/)

[James Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-allen/)

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> [It is good to be the possessor of some mountain-top experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-johns/it-is-good-to-be-the-possessor-of-some-mountain-top-experience/)

[Vernon Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-johns/)

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> [“When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/when-gold-and-jade-fill-the-hall-their-possessor-cannot-keep-them-safe/)

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

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> [Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence/riches-get-their-value-from-the-mind-of-the-possessor-they-are/)

[Terence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/terence-11479_blessings_riches-get-their-value-from-the-mind-of_1253253.jpg)

> [Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/extensive-powers-not-exercised-as-far-as-was-necessary-have-i-believe/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/a-house-may-draw-visitors-but-it-is-the-possessor-alone-that-can/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [ \[O\]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/o-pulence-is-always-the-result-of-theft-if-not-committed-by-the/)

[St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/)

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> [Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole concern has been to save myself by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/never-have-i-thought-that-i-was-the-happy-possessor-of-a-alent-my/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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> [Never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/never-a-possession-always-the-possessor-with-skin-as-pale-as-smoke/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/neil-gaiman-29_desire_never-a-possession-always-the-possessor_2366589.jpg)

> [A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jortin/a-man-hath-riches-whence-came-they-and-whither-go-they-for-this-is/)

[John Jortin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jortin/)

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