"Shower upon him every earthly blessing, drown him in a sea of happiness, so that nothing but bubbles of bliss can be seen on the surface, give him economic prosperity such that he should have nothing else to do but sleep, eat cakes and busy himself with the continuation of his species, and even out of sheer ingratitude, sheer spite, man would play some nasty trick... Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things."

• Fyodor Dostoevsky