Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.