"What we are, what we know, what is ours, we feel poor, gray, insufficient and boring; that which we are not, that which we do not know, that which is not ours, we crave for it with envious desire, which turns into love in the fear that it might turn into hatred.
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Thomas MannAll Translations
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What we are, what we know, what is ours, we feel poor, gray, insufficient and boring; that which we are not, that which we do not know, that which is not ours, we crave for it with envious desire, which turns into love in the fear that it might turn into hatred.
""Amik vagyunk, amit tudunk, ami a mienk, azt szegényesnek, szürkének, elégtelennek és unalmasnak érezzük; amik nem vagyunk, amit nem tudunk, ami nem a miénk, éppen az után epekedünk irigy vággyal, amely szeretetté válik attól való félelmében, hogy gyűlöletbe csaphat át."