"You have a bad reputation, but women... women are not intimidated by such things. If you were a man of excellent character, a man of solid morals, who had never done anything in his life that he shouldn't have done, but had perhaps done everything he had to do - eh bien! - then I would have serious doubts about its success. You see, moral excellence is not a romantic quality. Although widows tend to value it...
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Agatha ChristieAll Translations
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You have a bad reputation, but women... women are not intimidated by such things. If you were a man of excellent character, a man of solid morals, who had never done anything in his life that he shouldn't have done, but had perhaps done everything he had to do - eh bien! - then I would have serious doubts about its success. You see, moral excellence is not a romantic quality. Although widows tend to value it...
""Magának rossz híre van, de a nők... a nőket az ilyesmi nem rettenti el. Ha maga kiváló jellem volna, szilárd erkölcsű férfiú, aki soha életében nem tett olyat, amit nem lett volna szabad, viszont megtett esetleg mindent, amit tennie kellett - eh bien! - akkor komoly kételyeim lennének a sikerét illetően. Tudja, az erkölcsi kiválóság nem romantikus tulajdonság. Habár az özvegyasszonyok nagyra szokták értékelni..."