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In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
Aleister Crowley
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Aleister Crowley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1875
Born: October 12
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
Artist
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Chess Composer
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Mountaineer
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Leamington
Warwickshire
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30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops an does naught. 31. If power asks why, then power is weakness.
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We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed.
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Invoke often! Inflame thyself with prayer!
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