Felicity Quote by George Meredith Download Open image “Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.” — George Meredith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Felicity Obligation Possessed Possession
“Felicity is a continual progress of the desire, from one object to another; the attaining of the former being still but the way to… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“That to own things did not necessarily mean one belonged; that possession was no guarantee of control” — Ninotchka Rosca Copy Share Image
If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you. — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Copy Share Image
But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. — Ted Kotcheff Copy Share Image
In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
And if I drink oblivion of a day, / So shorten I the stature of my soul. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
It's past parsons to console us: No, nor no doctor fetch for me: I can die without my bolus; Two of a trade, lass,… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
I've studied men from my topsy-turvy Close, and I reckon, rather true. Some are fine fellows: some, right scurvy; Most, a dash between the… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Swift doth young Love flee, And we stand wakened, shivering from our dream. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I never root for a failure. I learned that when we were on 'Felicity.' There was a show that failed on the lot, and… — Greg Grunberg Copy Share Image
... professing myself moreover convinced that the general's unjust interference, so far from being really injurious to their felicity, was perhaps rather conducive to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Lady Maccon cogitated. She would like to encourage this new spirit of social-mindedness. If Felicity needed anything in her life, it was a cause.… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“Laugh now, and laugh hard. For laughter is the bell. And when it rings, it cleanses the air.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I love working in television, and I've been thrilled to be a part of so many wonderful shows. I worked with Lady Gaga on… — Erich Bergen Copy Share Image
Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image