"I had so much of the saintly humanity in me that I never hurt anyone, and if someone looked at me dispassionately, I showed so much attention to him that he had to love me. But it was just a game to me. I despised those people whose talk was only about their own affairs and household affairs, gossip, and superstition.
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Gárdonyi GézaAll Translations
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I had so much of the saintly humanity in me that I never hurt anyone, and if someone looked at me dispassionately, I showed so much attention to him that he had to love me. But it was just a game to me. I despised those people whose talk was only about their own affairs and household affairs, gossip, and superstition.
""A szentemberségből annyi meg is volt bennem, hogy nem bántottam soha senkit, s ha valaki kedvetlenül nézett reám, annyi figyelmet tanúsítottam iránta, hogy meg kellett szeretnie. De ez csak játék volt nekem. Megvetettem azokat az embereket, akiknek minden beszéde csak a maga ügyei meg a házi ügyek, pletykák, babonák."