“The young feel sorrows much more sharply that the old; the latter are nearer the safety exit.”

— Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, book The Leopard

I giovani sentono i dolori più acerbamente dei vecchi: per questi l'uscita di sicurezza è più vicina.
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Il Gattopardo (1958)

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