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Does not any limit imposed upon one inspire a desire to go beyond it? Does not our keenest suffering arise when our free will is crossed?
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see
Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself
Every spoken word arouses our self-will
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error
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