"Voluntary imprisonment is much harder to bear than forced slavery. The knowledge that he has the right and the means to be free at any minute poisons every moment of his time in prison.
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Author
Anton Pavlovich ChekhovAll Translations
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English
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Voluntary imprisonment is much harder to bear than forced slavery. The knowledge that he has the right and the means to be free at any minute poisons every moment of his time in prison.
"Hungarian
"Az önként vállalt bebörtönöztetés sokkal nehezebben elviselhető, mint a kényszerű rabság. Az a tudat, hogy jogában és módjában áll bármely percben szabaddá lennie, megmérgezi a börtönben töltött idejének minden pillanatát."