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Nicotine is one of the greatest gifts and greatest scourges of modern life: invented by the devil to combat boredom, and there is nothing man can do about it as long as boredom is in the land. It is a strong blood vessel poison, and it makes you dumb. Every time I smoked too many cigarettes in a day to work, the next day I was half-mad and couldn't work. It can also cause anxiety, sweating, palpitations, and other life-threatening complications in our lives. There is nothing you can do about it. Tobacco smoke casts a kind of beneficial haze over the world; it is the common intoxication of the moment, this bitter happiness and forgetfulness - who is strong enough to give it up, or to give it up a moment before it is absolutely necessary? Because one day it is necessary... The heart, the optic nerves, the stomach, the bowels, all rebel against it. Then we throw away the bitter pill, we immediately grow fat, healthy, obese, and unhappy. But until then! As if we were sucking some evil yet blissful ancestral mother's bitter teat all day long! And there must be some play and some poison to live; otherwise, it is only health and exercise, not life.

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English

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Nicotine is one of the greatest gifts and greatest scourges of modern life: invented by the devil to combat boredom, and there is nothing man can do about it as long as boredom is in the land. It is a strong blood vessel poison, and it makes you dumb. Every time I smoked too many cigarettes in a day to work, the next day I was half-mad and couldn't work. It can also cause anxiety, sweating, palpitations, and other life-threatening complications in our lives. There is nothing you can do about it. Tobacco smoke casts a kind of beneficial haze over the world; it is the common intoxication of the moment, this bitter happiness and forgetfulness - who is strong enough to give it up, or to give it up a moment before it is absolutely necessary? Because one day it is necessary... The heart, the optic nerves, the stomach, the bowels, all rebel against it. Then we throw away the bitter pill, we immediately grow fat, healthy, obese, and unhappy. But until then! As if we were sucking some evil yet blissful ancestral mother's bitter teat all day long! And there must be some play and some poison to live; otherwise, it is only health and exercise, not life.

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Hungarian

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A nikotin az újkori élet egyik legnagyobb ajándéka és legnagyobb csapása: az ördög találta fel, az unalom ellen, s az ember nem tehet semmit ellene, amíg unalom van a földön. Erős érméreg ez, s butít is. Valahányszor sokat cigarettáztam egy napon, hogy dolgozni tudjak, másnap félhülye vagyok és nem tudok dolgozni. Ezenfelül szorongásérzést, izzadást, szívdobogást és más, életveszélyes bonyodalmakat is okozhat életünkben. Nem lehet semmit tenni ellene. A dohányfüst valamilyen jótékony ködfátylat borít a világra; a pillanatok köznapi mámora ez a keserű boldogság és feledkezés – ki olyan erős, hogy lemondjon róla, vagy egy pillanattal elébb mondjon le, mint feltétlenül szükséges? Mert egy napon szükséges... A szív, a látóidegek, a gyomor, a belek, minden fellázad ellene. Akkor elhajítjuk a keserű csutkát, rögtön meghízunk, egészségesek, kövérek és boldogtalanok leszünk. De addig! Mintha valamilyen gonosz s mégis boldogító ősanya keserű csecsét szopnánk naphosszat! S valami játék és méreg is kell az élethez; máskülönben csak egészség és gyakorlat, nem élet.

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Romanian

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Nicotina este unul dintre cele mai mari daruri și cele mai mari flageluri ale vieții moderne: inventată de diavol pentru a combate plictiseala, iar omul nu poate face nimic în această privință atâta timp cât plictiseala este prezentă în lume. Este o otravă puternică pentru vase și întunecătoare. De fiecare dată când am fumat prea multe țigări într-o zi pentru a lucra, a doua zi sunt pe jumătate nebun și nu pot lucra. De asemenea, poate provoca anxietate, transpirație, palpitații și alte complicații care pun viața în pericol în cursul vieții noastre. Nu puteți face nimic în această privință. Fumul de tutun aruncă un fel de ceață benefică asupra lumii; este intoxicația comună de moment, această fericire amară și uitare - cine este suficient de puternic pentru a renunța la ea, sau pentru a renunța la ea cu o clipă înainte de a fi absolut necesar? Căci într-o zi este necesar... Inima, nervii optici, stomacul, intestinele, toate se revoltă împotriva ei. Atunci aruncăm pastila amară, ne îngrășăm, devenim sănătoși, grași și nefericiți. Dar până atunci! Ca și cum am suge toată ziua țâța amară a unei mame ancestrale malefice și totuși fericite! Și trebuie să existe o joacă și o otravă pentru a trăi; altfel este doar sănătate și exercițiu, nu viață.

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