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Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to piece

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on. – Richard Cecil

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Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes. – Richard Cecil

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Gods way of answering the Christians prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction. – Richard Cecil

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When the will is ready the feet are light. – Proverb

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The one who wills is the one who can. – Proverb

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