The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.
Giacomo LeopardiWe remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.
Giacomo LeopardiThe surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one s own knowledge is not to overstep them.
Giacomo Leopardi