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Volition Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
- A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.
- To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, rolling on,…
- A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road; a man with a whole volition advances…
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- A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. — Thomas Carlyle
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- To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable… — Thomas Carlyle
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