Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.

There are three stages in the revelation of truth. The first is to be ridiculed, the second is to be resisted and the third is to be considered self-evident.

When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.

A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.