
“Many first possess wealth, and are then possessed by it.”
Source: Rhythmen und Runen (1944), p. 253
Source: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 26
“Many first possess wealth, and are then possessed by it.”
Source: Rhythmen und Runen (1944), p. 253
“Не does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.”
“Whenever you honor the honorable, you possess them. Whenever you honor the ignoble, they rebel.”
“The lust of lucre has so totally seized upon mankind, that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they to possess their wealth.”
Ea invasit homines habendi cupido, ut possideri magis quam possidere videantur.
Letter 30, 4.
Letters, Book IX
“A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.”
No. 497 (30 September 1712)
The Spectator (1711-1714)
“Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“You both should feel honored.”
“Right, very honored,” I said. “Always wanted to be possessed!”
Source: The Red Pyramid
“Truth and Virtue do not necessarily belong to wealth and Power and Distinctions of Big Mansions.”
Quoted from Goel, S. R. (2016). History of Hindu-Christian encounters, AD 304 to 1996. Chapter 8 ISBN 9788185990354
“Hodgson, a man of steadfast integrity and strong personality, possessed true distinction.”
Martin Seymour-Smith Guide to Modern World Literature (London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1973] 1975) vol. 1, p. 237.
Criticism