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If one wanted to conquer the heart of a queen by force, this daring attempt would perhaps promise more hope than falling in love with a woman who is happily married. A queen is usually made vain by her power, and thus to the detriment of her own majesty; on the other hand, a bigoted bourgeois woman is like a snail, like an oyster, which hides in the bloodstream of its hard shell.

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If one wanted to conquer the heart of a queen by force, this daring attempt would perhaps promise more hope than falling in love with a woman who is happily married. A queen is usually made vain by her power, and thus to the detriment of her own majesty; on the other hand, a bigoted bourgeois woman is like a snail, like an oyster, which hides in the bloodstream of its hard shell.

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Hungarian

"Ha valaki egy királynő szívét akarná erőszakkal meghódítani, ez a merész kísérlet talán több reménnyel kecsegtetne, mint belebolondulni olyan asszonyba, aki boldog a házasságában. Egy királynőt rendszerint hiúvá tesz hatalma és így ártalmára lehet a saját fönsége; ellenben egy bigott polgárasszony olyan, mint a csiga, mint az osztriga, mely megbúvik kemény héjának vértezetében."

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