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			 Property has its duties as well as its rights.  
	 Property has its duties as well as its rights. 
		
 
	
			 Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?  
	 Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it? 
		
 
	
			 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
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	 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
   In a cottage I. 
		
 
	
			 Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
 [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]  
	 Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
 [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.] 
		
 
	
			 Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, 
many.  
	 Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, 
many. 
		
 
	
			 What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
 [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]  
	 What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
 [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.] 
		
 
	
			 When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
 [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce read more 
	 When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
 [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,
  Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.] 
		
 
	
			 That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.  
	 That possession was the strongest tenure of the law. 
		
 
	
			 Possession means to sit astride the world
 Instead of having it astride of you.  
	 Possession means to sit astride the world
 Instead of having it astride of you.