No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
Giacomo LeopardiSince the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the world's will, while the strong obey only their own.
Giacomo LeopardiHe who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.
Giacomo LeopardiThat is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection ever present in their minds, an ideal infinitely clearer and greater than any common people have, and they also realize how far they are from fulfilling their ideal.
Giacomo Leopardi