Impact
At the approach of danger there are always two voices that speak with equal power in the human soul:
one very reasonably tells a man to consider the nature of the danger and the means of escaping it;
the other, still more reasonably, says that it is too depressing and painful to think of the danger since it is not in man’s power to foresee everything and avert the general course of events.
Therefore, better to disregard what is painful till it comes.
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
It’s sad that just about everyone has learned about malignant narcissism from one of our supposed “leaders”.
Unfortunately, it appears to have spread to a populus beyond understanding.