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In space, distance makes everything smaller, because it shrinks everything, as a result of which defects and eclipses disappear, which is why everything appears much more beautiful in a magnifying mirror or camera obscura than in reality. This is exactly how the past affects time: long-gone scenes and processes together with the characters appear beautiful in the memory, because it hides everything that is irrelevant and disturbing. The present, which lacks this advantage, always appears handicapped.

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In space, distance makes everything smaller, because it shrinks everything, as a result of which defects and eclipses disappear, which is why everything appears much more beautiful in a magnifying mirror or camera obscura than in reality. This is exactly how the past affects time: long-gone scenes and processes together with the characters appear beautiful in the memory, because it hides everything that is irrelevant and disturbing. The present, which lacks this advantage, always appears handicapped.

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Hungarian

"A térben a távolság mindent megkicsinyít, mert mindent összehúz, minek folytán a hibák és fogyatkozások eltűnnek, miért is kicsinyítő tükörben vagy a camera obscurában minden sokkal szebbnek jelentkezik, mint a valóságban. Éppen így hat az időben a múlt: a rég elmúlt jelenetek és folyamatok a szereplő személyekkel együtt gyönyörűeknek tűnnek fel az emlékezetben, mert ez mindent elrejt, ami lényegtelen és zavaró. A jelen, amely híjával van ennek az előnynek, mindig fogyatékosnak tűnik fel."

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