"At the time when the novelist and poet created fanciful, daydreaming women (...), the women themselves were looking for him and believed that they had found in life the copy of what their hearts had guessed in their readings. Nowadays, they try to avoid alluring, poetic appearances as carefully as possible, and show only the unadorned reality. Because, my friend, if there is more love in books, there is more love in life. In the past, ideals were created and women believed in their inventions. Today, only the austere is cited, and women, following their example, only believe in the everyday life of the earth.
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Guy de MaupassantAll Translations
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At the time when the novelist and poet created fanciful, daydreaming women (...), the women themselves were looking for him and believed that they had found in life the copy of what their hearts had guessed in their readings. Nowadays, they try to avoid alluring, poetic appearances as carefully as possible, and show only the unadorned reality. Because, my friend, if there is more love in books, there is more love in life. In the past, ideals were created and women believed in their inventions. Today, only the austere is cited, and women, following their example, only believe in the everyday life of the earth.
""Abban az időben, amikor a regényíró és költő rajongó, ábrándozó nőket teremtett (...), maguk a nők is keresték, és úgy vélték, meg is találták az életben a mását annak, amit szívük olvasmányaikban megsejtett. Manapság maguk azon vannak, hogy minél gondosabban elkerüljék a csábító, költői külsőségeket, és csak a díszefosztott valót mutassák. Mert, barátom, ha több a szerelem a könyvekben, több a szerelem az életben. Régen eszményeket alkottak, és a nők hittek a kitalálásaikban. Ma már csak a szigorú valót idézik, s a maguk példájára a nők csak a földön járó hétköznapiságban hisznek."