Great minds

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