Does knowledge bring sorrow?

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I’ve found interesting picture recently, which has a philosophical thought. I would like you to guess the idea of this image. How do you see the connection between a person and the amount of books he/she read? If a person reads little, he/she can only see the events, rules around him. He/she is happy and doesn’t worry about any global or philosophical problems. If a person has read some amount of books, he/she can already see some laws of life, some global problems and injustice in the world. The person is not happy any more, maybe he/she feels depressed often, he/she is more nervous. He/she sees only grey color in life. If someone has read plenty of books, thousands of books, he/she can see the hope and the light even in dark times, he/she perceived the essence of life, he/she is not afraid to look behind the horizon and limits. Usually these people are or were world-famous. I hope you have caught the idea and my explaining was not bad. So, one interesting thought may come out of this picture – knowledge often brings sorrow. I mean the second man, who is concerned about world’s cruelty and injustice.