Famous quotes containing the word possesses:
“Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)