‘Plague’ – a grim image – a disease that over the centuries has prevented who knows how many Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo and countless others – excellent painters, sculptors, writers, poets and so on – from being known and honoured; how many probable historical excellences it has crushed in a mass grave!
It is quite true, coincidentally: ‘Life is but a walking shadow, a poor actor who struts and frets during his hour on the stage, after which he is heard no more. A tale told by an idiot, full of noise and fury, signifying nothing.”
(William Shakespeare – Macbeth)