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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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If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own. – Richard Cecil

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When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in. – Aeschylus

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Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves. – Johann von Goethe

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A man can do all things if he but wills them. – Leon Battista Alberti

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