When I see someone I had met when they were young, after many years, at first glance it always seems to me that I see someone who has experienced a great tragedy. The expression of joy and self-confidence characterizes only the young age: the feeling of being lost and the physical hardships that grow from day to day ultimately give even the most careless, even the most cheerful by nature, even the happiest, a countenance and behavior that are called serious and which, compared to those of the young and children, are truly sad.

"Leopardi's thoughts, although born to be a guidebook for young people in their lives within society, due to the passionate emotion that permeates them and often even triggers them, have transformed into a prophetic voice, into a guide for revolutionaries." (Hugo Dotti)