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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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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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