Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed in the second it is opposed in the third it is regarded as self-evident

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed  in the second it is opposed  in the third it is regarded as self-evident

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed in the second it is opposed in the third it is regarded as self-evident. (Arthur Schopenhauer)