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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1782 AD · early modern
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- Schiller
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- Approximate author period: c. 1782 AD · early modern
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Mind · anthology attribution: Schiller
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