Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us. – Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Property
category

Property is organized robbery. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Property

Seeing is believing, and if an American success is to count for anything in the world it must be clothed in the raiment of property. As often as not it isnt the money itself that means anything; it is the use of money as the currency of the soul. – Lewis H. Lapham

Category:
Property

To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same. – Bhagavad Gita

Category:
Property

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Property

Random Quotes

For me, Id rather have an intense experience than not. – Joaquin Phoenix

Category:
Experience

Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost. – Johann Most

Category:
Failure

There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but theyre all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. Im totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion. – Samantha Mumba

Category:
Attitude

A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home. – John Shadegg

Category:
Home