"It would be better if everyone let their anger sleep: because it is impossible to know who lives in what, a small person, a big stick, the small pot boils quickly, many people go for wool and come back shorn, the God blessed peace, and cursed the competition; because if the caged, squeezed, nagged cat can also become a lion: God is the one who can say what I, who am human, cannot become.
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Miguel de CervantesAll Translations
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It would be better if everyone let their anger sleep: because it is impossible to know who lives in what, a small person, a big stick, the small pot boils quickly, many people go for wool and come back shorn, the God blessed peace, and cursed the competition; because if the caged, squeezed, nagged cat can also become a lion: God is the one who can say what I, who am human, cannot become.
""Derekabb lenne, ha ki-ki aludni hagyná a maga haragját: mert nem lehet tudni, kiben mi lakik, kicsiny ember, nagy bot, a kis csupor hamar felforr, sokan mennek gyapjúért, s nyírtan jönnek vissza, az Isten megáldotta a békességet, s megátkozta a versengést; mert ha a bezárt, megszorított, megnyaggatott macska is oroszlánná lehet: Isten a megmondhatója, hogy én, aki ember vagyok, mivé nem lehetek."