“Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
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The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Variant: Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
As quoted in Egoists: A Book of Supermen (1909) by James Huneker, p. 367
“Fear speaks degenerate minds.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.”
Degeneres animos timor arguit.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 13
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