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Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is
thine eye evil, because read more
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is
thine eye evil, because I am good?
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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.
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but read more
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath read more
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even
that which he hath.
The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the
French, a calmer nation, claim that of read more
The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the
French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.
[Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere
S'arrogent l'empire des mers;
Les Francais, nation legere,
S'emparent de celui des airs.]
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.]
