"Almost all young men are addicted to a law which is apparently inexplicable, even though its cause lies precisely in youth and in the furious determination with which they pursue pleasure. Whether they are rich or poor, they never have money for the necessities of life, but there is always money to satisfy their whims. They are spendthrifts in everything that is available on credit, and misers in everything that has to be paid for in cash, and as if in revenge for what they don't have, they squander everything they get their hands on.
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Honoré de BalzacAll Translations
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Almost all young men are addicted to a law which is apparently inexplicable, even though its cause lies precisely in youth and in the furious determination with which they pursue pleasure. Whether they are rich or poor, they never have money for the necessities of life, but there is always money to satisfy their whims. They are spendthrifts in everything that is available on credit, and misers in everything that has to be paid for in cash, and as if in revenge for what they don't have, they squander everything they get their hands on.
""Majdnem minden fiatalember rabja egy törvénynek, amely látszólag megmagyarázhatatlan, pedig az oka éppen a fiatalságban rejlik, és abban a dühös elszántságban, ahogy a gyönyört hajszolják. Akár gazdagok, akár szegények, az életszükségletekre soha sincs pénzük, ám szeszélyeik kielégítésére mindig akad. Tékozlók mindabban, ami hitelre kapható, és fösvények mindabban, amit készpénzzel kell megfizetni, s mintegy bosszúból azért, amijük nincs, elfecsérelnek mindent, amihez hozzájutnak."