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Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.
The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, read more
He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known.
