"As soon as irony ceases to be a direct, classical tool of eloquence, which cannot be misunderstood for a single moment by the common sense, it immediately becomes lechery, a wheelbarrow of civilization, an impure flirtation with stagnation, unspirituality, and sin.
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As soon as irony ceases to be a direct, classical tool of eloquence, which cannot be misunderstood for a single moment by the common sense, it immediately becomes lechery, a wheelbarrow of civilization, an impure flirtation with stagnation, unspirituality, and sin.
""Mihelyt az irónia megszűnik az ékesszólás közvetlen, klasszikus eszköze lenni, amely a józan értelem számára egyetlen pillanatig sem lehet félreérthető, nyomban léhasággá válik, a civilizáció kerékkötőjévé, a megrekedéssel, szellemtelenséggel, bűnnel való tisztátalan kacérkodássá."