All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being 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 mistake has three stages: first, it is made, second, it is not admitted, and third, it’s claimed it didn’t make any difference anyway.

Second place, obviously, is the first loser, but I'll still take the first loser as opposed to third place,

In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation.

The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped