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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., Tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te est quod
gaudias.]
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.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
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.
A boy's will is the wind's will.
A boy's will is the wind's will.
