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    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.]

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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.

by Charles Mackay Found in: Possession Quotes,
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Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.

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Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the
English that of the sea, to read more

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the
English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!

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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.

by Bible Found in: Possession Quotes,
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My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
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My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors."

by Robert Lee Frost Found in: Possession Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Possession Quotes,
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It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards,
that the sun never sets upon their read more

It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards,
that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.

by Thomas Gage Found in: Possession Quotes,
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Property has its duties as well as its rights.

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

by Thomas Drummond Found in: Possession Quotes,
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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?

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