"Qualsiasi uomo notevole, chiunque cioè non appartenga a quei 5/6 dell'umanità dotati tanto miseramente dalla natura, rimarrà dopo I quarant'anni difficilmente esente da una certa traccia di misantropia."

Arthur Schopenhauer
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