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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he read more
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he will not.
[Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann
nicht, so will er nicht.]
Will is character in action.
Will is character in action.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.
I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
My will enkindled my by mine and ears
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
