"They were silent friends, and as if from some evil fate, they were wary of it in order to enter into a more confidential relationship. (...) It would have been possible to explain this feeling, which made him a friend and an enemy at the same time, and treated each other with indifference as much as it connected them by instinct, uniting them, but actually separating them. Who knows, maybe they wanted to preserve their illusions.
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Honoré de BalzacAll Translations
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They were silent friends, and as if from some evil fate, they were wary of it in order to enter into a more confidential relationship. (...) It would have been possible to explain this feeling, which made him a friend and an enemy at the same time, and treated each other with indifference as much as it connected them by instinct, uniting them, but actually separating them. Who knows, maybe they wanted to preserve their illusions.
""Néma barátok voltak, s mint valami balsorstól, úgy óvakodtak tőle, hogy bizalmasabb kapcsolatra lépjenek. (...) Lehetett volna megmagyarázni ezt az érzést, mely egyszerre tette baráttá és ellenséggé, s éppúgy vértezte egymás irányában közönnyel, mint amennyire egymáshoz kapcsolta ösztönük szerint egyesítve, valójában pedig elkülönítve kettejüket. Ki tudja, talán meg akarták őrizni illúzióikat."