Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.
Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a 'talent' my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says 'The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.'
E'vn in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor much consol'd, That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well He cultivates.
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in his conception of himself as the possessor of a phallus. . .
Misery assails riches, as lightning does the highest towers or as a tree that is heavy laden with fruit breaks its own boughs, so riches destroy the virtue of their possessor.
Money has little value to its possessor unless it also has value to others.
Now therefore be it known to noble Lewis
That Henry, sole possessor of my love,
Is, of a king, become a banish'd man,
And forc'd to live in Scotland a forlorn;
While proud ambitious Edward Duke of York
Usurps the regal title and the seat
Of England's true-anointed lawful King.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another. Accordingly, my principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant but misdirected ideas of others.
Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?
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