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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.

Quote by St. Francis Of Assisi about treasure, sublime, glory, poverty, sun, name, order

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, love, people

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

Quote by Orson Scott about word

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Quote by Jane Austen about wealth, wife, truth, good, good luck, man

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Quote by Jane Austen about flattering, happiness, talent, moment, contentment

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth

If Don Giovanni does not possess low notes rich enough, then the balance is broken, and, as a consequence, all the work that preceded falls to pieces.

Quote by Placido Domingo about consequences, wealth, work

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

Quote by Placido Domingo about man

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about man

The ADMIRAL, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

Quote by William Falconer about ability, destiny, being

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about books, world

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

Quote by William Godwin about rightness, man, real estate

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses.

Quote by John Fischer about chance, children, body, mind, spirit

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

Quote by Whitney Houston about beauty, future, children, faith

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man, life

That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about bad, idea

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about hope, happiness

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Quote by Juvenal about wish, knowledge

The insurance inspector always shows up to take photos of the building as you are putting the evicted tenant’s possessions on the curb.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about real estate, tenants, contentment

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

Quote by Frederick Law Olmsted about power, sensibility, destruction, truth, world