Tots ho crèiem

'Once upon a time, when he was still an innocent child, he believed that cleverness was the only yardstick that mattered, that as long as he was clever enough he would attain everything he desired. Going to university put him in his place. The university showed him he was not the cleverest, not by a long chalk. In real life all that he can do well, it appears, is to be miserable. In misery he is still top of the class.'

J.M. Coetzee, "Youth"

Molt familiar.