 Molière's play "The Misanthrope" is one of the more famous French plays on this topic.Less famous, but more contemporary is the 1971 play by Françoise Dorin, "Un sale égoïste" (A Filthy Egoist) which takes the point of view of the misanthrope and entices the viewer to understand his motives.Michelangelo has been called a misanthrope.