Giacomo LeopardiThinkers

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

The Misanthrope is no real misanthrope unless found out in the world rather than in solitude, for it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.