"Emotionally, he had always been too cautious in the world. The skin of his soul was too thin. That's why he lives so isolated, he's afraid of relationships and scratches. He does it wrong, because these bruises mostly result from the fact that we do not accept, cannot tolerate a nature that is very different from our own. He knew this, he had often observed it; but he could not change the peculiar radiance of his individuality either.
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Author
Guy de MaupassantAll Translations
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Emotionally, he had always been too cautious in the world. The skin of his soul was too thin. That's why he lives so isolated, he's afraid of relationships and scratches. He does it wrong, because these bruises mostly result from the fact that we do not accept, cannot tolerate a nature that is very different from our own. He knew this, he had often observed it; but he could not change the peculiar radiance of his individuality either.
""Érzelmileg mindig is túl óvatosan járt a világban. Túl vékony volt a lelke bőre. Azért is él ilyen elszigetelten, fél a kapcsolatoktól és a horzsolásoktól. Rosszul teszi, mert ezek a horzsolások többnyire abból adódnak, hogy nem fogadjuk el, nem tudjuk elviselni a természetünktől nagyon különböző természetet. Tudta ezt, gyakran megfigyelte; de a maga egyénisége sajátságos sugárzását se tudta megváltoztatni."