In plain words
Giving up easily on small things turns into giving up on big ones.
Where these words come from
- 78% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Speech honoring Thomas Mann's Einstein Prize (January 1939), quoted in Abraham Pais's scholarly biography Einstein Lived Here (1994), p.214.
- Speech honoring Thomas Mann
- 1939 · New York (Jewish Forum event) · Presenting the Einstein Prize to Thomas Mann
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