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Quotes having the keyword Possession
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.
by Friedrich Schleiermacher (Theologian, German , born in 1768) keywords: art, called, confusion, entirely, first, good, involved, mistake, pleasant, possession, pretensions, profound, properly, second, speaking, their , unfounded Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
by Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher, German , born in 1788) keywords: back, chance, demanded, every, happiness, hour, lent, may, next, possession, therefore, time , uncertain It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.
by Matthew Simpson (Clergyman, American , born in 1811) keywords: being, excited, feelings, may, mind, nature, object, once, other, our, possession, principle, readily, some, take, time, turn , which Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.
by Samuel Smiles (Author, Scottish , born in 1812) keywords: becomes, conquered, entirely, knowledge, labor, our, own, possession , property Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
by Samuel Smiles (Author, Scottish , born in 1812) keywords: attention, become, individual, industry, men, observation, old, only, perseverance, possession, road, travelling, understanding , wisdom A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
by Alexander Smith (Poet, Scottish , born in 1830) keywords: else, his, man, memory, nothing, poor, possession, real , rich If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.
by Alexander Smith (Poet, Scottish , born in 1830) keywords: acute, character, distinctive, egotism, egotist, full, his, possession, precious, race, remains, strong, weak , worthless As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.
by Susan Sontag (Author, American , born in 1933) keywords: also, give, help, imaginary, insecure, past, photographs, possession, space, take, unreal , which One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
by Sophocles (Playwright , Greek) keywords: accept, any, better, friend, how, kindness, knows, possession, show, than , will Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
by Sophocles (Playwright , Greek) keywords: any, better, fares, friend, how, kindness, possession, than, understands, well, whoever , would In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation.
by Robert South (Clergyman, English , born in 1634) keywords: eagerness, expectation, finds, greatest, half, himself, man, pleasure, possession, proposed, pursues, things , worldly I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world.
by Julia Gardiner Tyler (First Lady, American , born in 1820) keywords: admiration, am, commenced, entertaining, intend, mansion, possession, presidential, quiet, reign, shall, something, talk, washington, way, winter , world Well, they had a lot of the things they found in his possession. They had the map, you know, that marked the route of the parade. They had statements from the bus driver and the taxicab driver that hauled him somewhere.
by Henry Wade (Lawyer, American , born in 1914) keywords: bus, driver, found, had, hauled, him, his, know, lot, map, marked, parade, possession, route, somewhere, statements, things , well Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: after, dislodge, easier, enemy, experience, got, much, possession, posting, prevent, teaches, than, them, themselves , us The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession.
by William H. Wharton (Politician, American , born in 1802) keywords: citizens, could, ever, government, granted, had, lands, never, own, possession, savages, situated, taken, were, which , wilderness I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: come, conceive, day, into, mind, opinions, possession, powers, receive, slowly, such, them , vivid I sold my most valuable possession, but I knew that because I worked at Hewlett Packard, I could buy the next model calculator the very next month for a lower price than I sold the older one for!
by Steve Wozniak (Businessman, American , born in 1950) keywords: because, buy, calculator, could, knew, lower, model, month, most, next, older, packard, possession, price, sold, than, valuable, very , worked
