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N Crofts | 13:12 Sun 08th Jun 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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The only one I can think of off the top of my head is 'Hot Property'
Property is theft (Proudhon).

Property has its duties as well as its rights (Drummond).

A man of property (Galsworthy). This was a reference to Soames Forsyte, whom you can see in 'The Forsyte Saga' this very evening on ITV.

p. boom; p.man; p. master; p. room; p.tax; is this for the advertising executive?
isn't there porperty ladder or is that a TV show?
You can't make propertea with a tea bag. . boom boom !!
In the world of theatre, property is also the generic term for costumes etc., so you have property masters, property boxes and the like.
Government Property, Private Property, Lost Property.
Hot property
The sayings of Muhammad forbid the destruction of property
More sayings of Muhammad :
The most excellent of alms is that of a man of small property which he has earned by labour and from which he giveth as much as he is able.
Every man who shall beg in order to increase his property, God will diminish it.
An amusing one from Mark Twain;
You want property ? Buy land; they've stopped making it.
The airwaves should belong to the people. If a TV signal comes trespassing onto my property, I should be free to do any damn thing I want with it, and it's none of the government's business. Anonymous, quoted by Charles Platt in 'Satellite Pirate', Wired magazine August 1994 A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments. Aristotle Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. Roger Babson Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. G. K. Chesterton, The Man who was Thursday Property has its duties as well as its rights. Thomas Drummond, Letter to Earl of Donoughmore, 22 May 1838 Well, some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee, Ch. 2 We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it. Ralph Waldo Emerson `Very haughty!' he said, `the wild Buccaneer.' John Galsworthy, The Man of Property, Pt I. Ch. 1
He would be setting up as a man of property next, with a place in the country. John Galsworthy, The Man of Property, Pt I. Ch. 1 Nobody tells me anything. John Galsworthy, The Man of Property, Pt I. Ch. 1 Oh, your precious `lame ducks'! John Galsworthy, The Man of Property, Pt II. 12 We stand for the maintenance of private property. Adolf Hitler Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them. Robert G. Ingersoll, Address to the McKinley League, New York, 29 Oct. 1896 I regard him as the whitest man I know. He is down on his luck at present owing to the mortgaging of his extensive property at Agendath Netaim in faraway Asia Minor, slides of which will now be shown. James Joyce, Ulysses (Bodley Head, 1937), p. 442 Gambling promises the poor what Property performs for the rich. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, 'The Revolutionist's Handbook'

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