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Possession Quotes by Mark Twain
- The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.
- There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away…
- A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the…
- Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.
- All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever…
- Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
- We grant God the possession of all the qualities of mind except the one that keeps the others healthy; that watches over their dignity; that…
- The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will…
- The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. I would not interfere…
More Possession Quotes
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Jane Austen
- The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
- The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not… — Gaston Bachelard
- Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. — Francis Bacon
- No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. — James A. Baldwin
- Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? — Natalie Clifford Barney
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare… — Felix Adler