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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.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers read more
Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),
A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.
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.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
