We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.
Giacomo LeopardiThe thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.
Giacomo LeopardiThe 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 Leopardi