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This little man was of the order of beings who must not be opposed, unless you possessed an all-dominant force sufficient to crush him at once. Charlotte Bronte
Erich Maria Remarque quote: " but that's what mankind is like: they only prize what they no..."
... but that's what mankind is like: they only prize what they no longer possess. Erich Maria Remarque
How can he talk like that?" thought Pierre. He considered his friend a model of perfection because Prince Andrew possessed in the highest degree just the very qualities Pierre lacked, and which might be best described as strength of will. Leo Tolstoy
William Strunk, Jr. quote: "1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's."
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's. William Strunk, Jr.
I'm an animal with you," he murmured. "I want to mark you. I want to possess you so completely there's no separation between us. Sylvia Day
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone until those smiling possibilities are dead... By neglecting the necessary concrete labor, by sparing ourselves the little daily tax, we are positively digging the graves of our higher possibilities. William James
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 from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed. Mark Twain
Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. W. Clement Stone
I shall never more know the sweet homage given to beauty, youth and grace - for never to any else shall I seem to possess these charms. Charlotte Bronte
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 then be a happy and a virtuous people. Mark Twain
You will be surprised to find how much that has seemed hopelessly disagreeable possesses either an instructive or an amusing side." from "The Heart of the New Thought" 1902. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Nido Qubein quote: "Material success may result in the accumulation of..."
Material success may result in the accumulation of possessions; but only spiritual success will enable you to enjoy them Nido Qubein
William Golding quote: "The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers... Their scent..."
The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers... Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island. William Golding
He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control. Agatha Christie
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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