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It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.

At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint possession of whatever had been peculiar to each of the different kinds of being.

At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.

Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.

The greatest possession is self-possession.

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten.

Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet.

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.