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