"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."
"Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good."
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Source: Friedrich Schiller, Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson, Leonard Ashley Willoughby (1967). “Schiller: Aesthetic education”, Oxford University Press, USA
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