"It's true that everything is always worse when the body gets old, but still: the fact that people are disgusted by the many discomforts, filth and deprivation, by the endless winters, by the fact that their stockings are always sticky, that the elevator never works, the water is cold , the soap is sandy, the cigarettes fall apart, and the food tastes so devilishly bad, isn't that a sign that this is not the natural order of things? How could anyone feel the unbearableness of everything if they had no memory of how things were once different?
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George OrwellAll Translations
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It's true that everything is always worse when the body gets old, but still: the fact that people are disgusted by the many discomforts, filth and deprivation, by the endless winters, by the fact that their stockings are always sticky, that the elevator never works, the water is cold , the soap is sandy, the cigarettes fall apart, and the food tastes so devilishly bad, isn't that a sign that this is not the natural order of things? How could anyone feel the unbearableness of everything if they had no memory of how things were once different?
""Igaz ugyan, hogy mindig minden rosszabb, ha a test elöregszik, mégis: az, hogy az ember undorodik a sok kényelmetlenségtől, mocsoktól és szűkölködéstől, a végtelen telektől, attól, hogy mindig ragadós a harisnyája, hogy a lift sohasem működik, a víz hideg, a szappan homokos, a cigaretta szétesik, s az ételeknek olyan ördögien rossz ízük van, nem annak a jele-e, hogy a dolgok természetes rendje nem ez lenne? Hogyan is érezhetné valaki mindennek az elviselhetetlenségét, ha semmiféle emléke nem volna arról, hogy a dolgok egyszer másképp is voltak?"