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I die,--but first I have possess'd,
And come what may, I have been bless'd.
I die,--but first I have possess'd,
And come what may, I have been bless'd.
That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.
That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
[Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
[Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is
thine eye evil, because read more
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is
thine eye evil, because I am good?
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
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My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors."
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
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Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
[Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]
Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
[Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]
