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Only the wealth of nature is infinite, only it forms the great artist. Much cannot be said in favor of the rules, about what one can say in praise of civil society. He who conforms to them will never commit bad taste or evil, just as he who is modeled by law and prosperity will never become an intolerable neighbor, a special rascal; but, on the other hand, all rules, whatever they say, kill the true feeling and true expression of nature!

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Only the wealth of nature is infinite, only it forms the great artist. Much cannot be said in favor of the rules, about what one can say in praise of civil society. He who conforms to them will never commit bad taste or evil, just as he who is modeled by law and prosperity will never become an intolerable neighbor, a special rascal; but, on the other hand, all rules, whatever they say, kill the true feeling and true expression of nature!

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Hungarian

"Csak a természet gazdagsága végtelen, csak ő képzi a nagy művészt. A szabályok javára sok mindent nem lehet mondani, körülbelül azt, amit a polgári társadalom dicséretére mondhat az ember. Aki hozzájuk igazodik, sohasem fog ízléstelent vagy rosszat elkövetni, ahogyan az, akit törvény és jómód mintáz, sohasem válik tűrhetetlen szomszéddá, különleges gazfickóvá; de viszont minden szabály, bármit mondjanak is, megöli a természet igaz érzését és igaz kifejezését!"

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