Possession

Famous quotes containing the word possession:

“Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies
A lass unparalleled.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,” you may indeed set over you a king whom the LORD your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own community.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 17:14,15.

“It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)