Possessor
One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.
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Possessor Quotations
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Andrew Carnegie
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
Michel de Montaigne
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
Don Marquis
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
Christian Nestell Bovee
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
Terence
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
Isaac Disraeli
Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?
Thomas Clarkson
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt
Possessor Translations
possessor in German is Besitzer
possessor in Italian is titolare
possessor in Spanish is poseedor
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