"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."
"Rigor pushed too far is sure to miss its aim, however good, as the bow snaps that is bent too stiffly."
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Source: Wallenstein. Book by Friedrich Schiller translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Prologue), 1798.
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