"I was once deceived. Moreover, I was deceived by my own blood relations. I shall never forget this. When my father was alive, they behaved like decent people. But as soon as he died they turned into scoundrels. The effect of the injury that they did me in my youth is with me still. It will be with me, I suppose, until I die. What they did to me I shall remember so long as I live. But I have never taken my revenge on them. When i think about it, I have done something much worse than that. I have not come only to hate them, but the human race in general. That is quite enough, I think."
Sensei, Kokoro by Soseki Natsume.
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