The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The artist's conception of his art or the scientist's of his science is usually as great as his conception of his own worth is small. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
“Everything that is ended, everything that is last, naturally awakens in man a feeling of sorrow and melancholy. At the same time, it excites… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
“ The Infinite It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
