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English	Latin
possess	obtineo, utor uti usus, teneo
(+ gen. or dat.) to possess, hold, get possession of	potior
all men are considered as tyrants who possess themselves of perpetual power in a state that once enjoyed the blessings of liberty (Cornelius Nepos)	omnes autem et habentur et dicuntur tyranni, qui potestate sunt perpetua, in ea civitate quæ libertate usa est
and life is given to none to possess fully, but for all to use (Lucretius)	vitaque mancipio, nulli datur, omnibus usu
as you now possess (Justinian)	uti possidetis
As you possess	Uti possidetis
Blessed are those who possess (Legal doctrine, possession is nine points of the law) (Euripides)	Beati possidentes
death therefore is nothing to us nor does it concern us a bit, seeing that the nature of the spirit we possess is something mortal (Lucretius)	nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum, quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur
fewer possess virtue than those who wish us to believe that they possess it (Cicero)	virtute enim ipsa non tam multi præditi esse, quam videri volunt
he should possess wealth who knows how to use it (Terence)	qui uti scit, ei bona
may I continue to possess what I have now, or even less; so I may live the remainder of my days after my own manner, if the gods will that any should remain (Horace)	sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus; ut mihi vivam quod superest ævi, si quid superesse volunt di
men are wise as far as their beards (referring to those who pretend to have knowledge they do not in fact possess)	barbæ tenus sapientes
no man inquires how you obtained your wealth; but it is necessary to possess it (Juvenal)	unde habeas quærit nemo; sed oportet habere
possess /consider	habeo habui habitum
The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)	Asinus asinum fricat

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