"it is only when you fall fowl of some nasty persons abuse and then get the deluge of other people you thought were friends taking advantage of you or leaving you without help that it starts to sink in that so much of what is in the world is just really bad or even down right evil."

I'm nearly 50 and it's only now that I have fully realized this. Mention this at my age and they will call you 'bitter'; mention it when you are younger and they will call you 'misguided'.