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Our Possessions Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.
- That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every man,…
More Our Possessions Quotes
- We are not the sum of our possessions. — George H. W. Bush
- Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. — Samuel Johnson
- Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations. — Rabindranath Tagore
- We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties. — Anna Brackett
- The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie
- Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions. — Unknown Author
- We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too… — George Carlin
- Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. — Oliver Goldsmith