Quotes with possessed

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  • G. C. Lichtenberg So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for profundity very similar to the reputation for sanctity possessed by theologians.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Benjamin Haydon The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • Thomas Campbell The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.
    Thomas Campbell
    Scottish poet (1777 - 1844)
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  • Arthur Middleton The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Walter Lippmann There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Samuel Johnson We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found; and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Lord George Byron What careth she for hearts when once possessed?
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe What is not fully understood is not possessed.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • I. F. Stone When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
    I. F. Stone
    American journalist and writer (1907 - 1989)
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