"Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity."

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"Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

Possession, Beds

"We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties."

Anna C. Brackett, American Philosopher

Possession, Possessions

"You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Possession, Love, Desire, Identity

"When you feel terribly angry, you're possessed by anger ghost."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Possession, Anger, Emotion, Power, Truth

"Always happens with men. They promise friendship. They promise to treat you as an equal. In the end, all they want is to possess you."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Possession, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity."

George Meredith, English Novelist

Possession, Obligation

"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."

Henry Wade, American Lawyer

Possession,

"The greatest possession is self-possession."

Ethel Watts Mumford, American Author

Possession, Self

"Treasure your relationships, not your possessions."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

Possession, Possessions, Relationships, Treasure

"Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man."

Man, Will, Woman

"The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere."

Nation, Country, Freedom, Man, Mind

"Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose."

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"A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are."

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"Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones."

"We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties."

"You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own."

"When you feel terribly angry, you're possessed by anger ghost."

"Always happens with men. They promise friendship. They promise to treat you as an equal. In the end, all they want is to possess you."

"Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity."

"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."

"The greatest possession is self-possession."

"Treasure your relationships, not your possessions."

"Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness."

Explore more quotes by George Meredith

"Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity."

"I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man."

"The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere."

"Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose."

"A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are."

"Kissing don't last: cookery do!"

"Cynicism is intellectual dandyism."

"There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by."

"Speech is the small change of silence."

"I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man."