Famous quotes containing the word possess:
“Comfort and convenience possess a magical power; little by little they suck in even people with strong wills.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horseas a luxury befitting a young man.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (17831842)
“Comparing man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not possess a genius for ornamentation if she did not also possess an instinct for the secondary role.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
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