Anime grette incapaci di guardare all’essenza delle cose continuavano a dirgli che era solo un portone, ma lui sorrideva della loro miopia.
Era uno splendido asino e lo sapeva bene.

Petty souls unable to look at the essence of things kept telling him that he was just a door, but he smiled at their myopia.
He was a splendid donkey and he knew it well.