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Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone
Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool
All things must; man is the only creature that wills
All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him
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
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