"I respected my teacher for two reasons: he wanted good for me and his breath smelled bad. Yes, the big ones should be ugly, wrinkled, unpleasant; if they hugged me, it was almost a good thing that I had to overcome a slight awkwardness: it proved that it is not so easy to be good.
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Author
Jean-Paul SartreAll Translations
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I respected my teacher for two reasons: he wanted good for me and his breath smelled bad. Yes, the big ones should be ugly, wrinkled, unpleasant; if they hugged me, it was almost a good thing that I had to overcome a slight awkwardness: it proved that it is not so easy to be good.
""Tiszteltem tanítómat két okból is: jót akart nekem, és rossz szagú volt a lehelete. Igen, a nagyok legyenek csúnyák, ráncosak, kellemetlenek; ha megöleltek, szinte jól esett, hogy enyhe viszolygást kell leküzdenem: ez bizonyította, hogy nem is olyan könnyű jónak lenni."