Civilization and Its Discontents

"There are certain men from whom their contem­poraries do not withhold veneration, although their greatness rests on attributes and achieve­ments which are completely foreign to the aims and ideals of the multitude. One might well be inclined to suppose that after all it is only a minority who appreciate these great men, while the majority cares nothing for them. But the discrepancy between men's opinions and their behaviour is so wide and their desires so many­sided that things are probably not so simple."- Excerpt from the text