"In the hurried and anxious world of great cities, where no one has the means to guess the enigma of others' destinies, where everyone is judged only by their outward appearance, very few think to take the trouble to cast a glance that goes beyond the surface of characters."
Franz Liszt wrote this in his book Life of Chopin, published in 1851...
We can apply these words to our own reality and perhaps learn from them, and go a little beyond the surface of appearances. It is certain that if dear Franz saw a hurried city then, who knows what he would think of our metropolises now?