Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Vocabulary Help
- brief span of time – pequeno espaço de tempo
- building – prédio
- great minds – grandes mentes
- live – viver
- square – praça
- stand too close to them – está muito perto