Possessed

Famous quotes containing the word possessed:

“I doubt if men ever made a trade of heroism. In the days of Achilles, even, they delighted in big barns, and perchance in pressed hay, and he who possessed the most valuable team was the best fellow.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Above all, he possessed a hearty good-will to all men, and never wrote a cross or even careless word.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads,—and then we can hardly see anything else.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)