"The will of man is by his..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
The will of man is by his reason sway'd.
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“We disparage reason.But all the time it's what we're most concerned with.There's will as motor and there's will as brakes.Reason is, I suppose, the steering gear.”
“Man is the will, and woman the sentiment. In this ship of humanity, Will is the rudder, and Sentiment the sail; when woman affects to steer, the rudder is only a masked sail.”
“Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, "know thyself," but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.”