"There comes a time in every man's upbringing when he is convinced that envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide; that he must accept himself whether he likes it or not; that, though the wide world is full of goodness, not a single grain of nourishing wheat comes to him, unless he labors for it in the piece of ground which he is given to cultivate. The power that lies within him is new to the world, and no one but him knows what he can do, and he only if he has tried.
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Author
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll Translations
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There comes a time in every man's upbringing when he is convinced that envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide; that he must accept himself whether he likes it or not; that, though the wide world is full of goodness, not a single grain of nourishing wheat comes to him, unless he labors for it in the piece of ground which he is given to cultivate. The power that lies within him is new to the world, and no one but him knows what he can do, and he only if he has tried.
""Minden ember neveltetésében eljön az az idő, mikor meggyőződik róla, hogy az irigység tudatlanság; az utánzás öngyilkosság; hogy el kell fogadnia magát, akár tetszik neki, akár nem; hogy bár a széles világ tele van jósággal, egyetlen szem tápláló búzához sem jut, csak ha megdolgozik érte azon a földdarabon, amelyet művelnie adatott. A benne szunnyadó erő új a világban, és rajta kívül senki sem tudja, mire képes, és ő is csak akkor, ha megpróbálta."