Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher) What you are saying is ridiculous, but I will defend to the death what is obliviously true. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher) The Virtuosa and Her Muses From Schopenhauer to Einstein and back to Leopardi, science and art have provided suitors refuge from the crudity of the utilitarian. In this Einsteinian comparison, dreariness fights an uphill battle against the megalomania