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Source: The Little Big Things: 163 Ways To Pursue Excellence (2010), p. 53.
“All religions promise a reward for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.”
E. Payne, trans., vol. 2, p. 230
The World as Will and Representation (1819; 1844; 1859)
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