The Enlightened Misanthrope!
"To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue." William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
"Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places!
I have since an early age abjured the use of meat."
Leonardo Da- Vinci
(1778-1830)
"I am considered a misanthropist now and then, because I do not socialize
with many people. But it's only my mind that avoids you, my heart is still with you, and seeks the distance so that it can
keep on loving you."
Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872)