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The flamingly enthusiastic young man of today would recoil in disgust if he were shown his future face in old age. So take everything with you on the road on which you are moving from the years of tender youth to the bleak, harsh manhood, take with you all the good human qualities, don't leave anything behind on the way, because you can never pick it up again! The old age that awaits us is terrifying and cruel, it gives nothing back. The grave is more merciful, above the grave it reads: "A man rests here!" But you cannot read anything from the cold, callous features of inhuman old age.

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The flamingly enthusiastic young man of today would recoil in disgust if he were shown his future face in old age. So take everything with you on the road on which you are moving from the years of tender youth to the bleak, harsh manhood, take with you all the good human qualities, don't leave anything behind on the way, because you can never pick it up again! The old age that awaits us is terrifying and cruel, it gives nothing back. The grave is more merciful, above the grave it reads: "A man rests here!" But you cannot read anything from the cold, callous features of inhuman old age.

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Hungarian

"A mostani lángolóan lelkes ifjú irtózattal hőkölne hátra, ha megmutatnák neki majdani öregkori arcképét. Vigyetek hát magatokkal mindent az útra, amelyen a zsenge ifjúság éveiből a sivár, rideg férfikor felé haladtok, vigyetek magatokkal minden emberi jó tulajdonságot, útközben ne hagyogassatok el semmit, mert soha többé fel nem szedhetitek! Félelmetes és kegyetlen a ránk váró öregkor, semmit sem ad vissza. A sír irgalmasabb, a sír fölött ez olvasható: "Itt ember nyugszik!" De az embertelen öregség hideg, érzéketlen vonásaiból nem olvashattok semmit."

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