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Possession Quotes by Sallust
- The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
- The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
- The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
More Possession Quotes
- The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been… — Albert Einstein
- Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. — Samuel Johnson
- The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. — Miguel de Cervantes
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson
- 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
- 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