"If two people marry each other, then these two people must preserve themselves for the rest of their lives. You will march side by side like a pair of rails, strictly observing the prescribed distance. Even if one of you sometimes wants to move further or closer - because that would be a violation of the rule. And the rule says: be sober, think about the future, about your children. You can't change anymore, you have to be like the pair of rails: you have to keep the distance that was between you at the start, all the way to the destination. Don't let your love change, either at the beginning of the journey when it wants to grow, or later on when it wants to decrease, because that is extremely risky.
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If two people marry each other, then these two people must preserve themselves for the rest of their lives. You will march side by side like a pair of rails, strictly observing the prescribed distance. Even if one of you sometimes wants to move further or closer - because that would be a violation of the rule. And the rule says: be sober, think about the future, about your children. You can't change anymore, you have to be like the pair of rails: you have to keep the distance that was between you at the start, all the way to the destination. Don't let your love change, either at the beginning of the journey when it wants to grow, or later on when it wants to decrease, because that is extremely risky.
""Ha két ember házasságot köt egymással, akkor ennek a két embernek ettől fogva egész életére konzerválnia kell magát. Úgy fogtok egymás mellett menetelni, mint egy sínpár, szigorúan betartva a megszabott távolságot. Akkor is, ha egyikőtök szeretne néha távolabb vagy közelebb húzódni - hiszen ez a szabály megsértése volna. A szabály pedig kimondja: legyetek józanok, gondoljatok a jövőre, a gyermekeitekre. Többé nem változhattok meg, olyannak kell lennetek, mint a sínpárnak: mindvégig meg kell őriznetek azt a távolságot, ami induláskor volt közöttetek, egészen a célállomásig. Ne hagyjátok, hogy megváltozzon a szerelmetek, sem az út elején, amikor növekedni akarna, sem pedig a későbbiekben, amikor csökkenni akarna, mert ez rendkívül kockázatos."