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If I look into my heart and examine well all that I have experienced in my association with men, I must say that all human association is hopeless and that the man who wants to live rightly and to do the personal work to which he, and he alone, has been assigned by destiny, acts wisely when he lives entirely alone. All tender human feeling is in practice transformed into selfishness; it is wiser to remain alone, even if it is sometimes very painful and difficult. There is no woman, no friend, no human relationship that will not humiliate you in time. Stay polite and lonely, because people are hopeless.

You cannot, of course, advise a shoemaker or a good financier, and the vast majority of people in general, to live alone; the great majority of people are meant to live in community, with family and friends, and to reproduce until the end of time. It is the law and it is right. But for the creative man, the real task of his life is not the cultivation of family or friends, but his work, for which he needs a perfectly pure atmosphere. Where people breathe, the air becomes turbid, stifled and impure. Therefore be alone when you are busy, in your work and your life.

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English

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If I look into my heart and examine well all that I have experienced in my association with men, I must say that all human association is hopeless and that the man who wants to live rightly and to do the personal work to which he, and he alone, has been assigned by destiny, acts wisely when he lives entirely alone. All tender human feeling is in practice transformed into selfishness; it is wiser to remain alone, even if it is sometimes very painful and difficult. There is no woman, no friend, no human relationship that will not humiliate you in time. Stay polite and lonely, because people are hopeless.

You cannot, of course, advise a shoemaker or a good financier, and the vast majority of people in general, to live alone; the great majority of people are meant to live in community, with family and friends, and to reproduce until the end of time. It is the law and it is right. But for the creative man, the real task of his life is not the cultivation of family or friends, but his work, for which he needs a perfectly pure atmosphere. Where people breathe, the air becomes turbid, stifled and impure. Therefore be alone when you are busy, in your work and your life.

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Hungarian

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Ha szívembe nézek és jól megvizsgálom mindazt, amit az emberekkel való együttlétek alkalmával tapasztaltam, azt kell mondanom, hogy minden emberi együttlét reménytelen, s az ember, aki helyesen akar élni és személyes munkát végez, melyre őt, csak őt jelölte ki sorsa, értelmesen cselekszik, ha teljesen egyedül él. Mindenféle gyöngéd emberi érzés átalakul a gyakorlatban önzéssé; bölcsebb, ha egyedül maradsz, még akkor is, ha ez néha nagyon fájdalmas és nehéz. Nincs nő, nincs barát, nincs emberi kapcsolat, mely idővel meg ne alázna. Maradj udvarias és magányos, mert az emberek reménytelenek.

Egy cipőkereskedőnek vagy derék pénzügyőrnek s általában az emberek túlnyomó többségének természetesen nem tanácsolhatod, hogy éljen egyedül; az emberek nagy többsége arra való, hogy közösségben éljen, családban és barátok között, s szaporodjanak az idők végezetéig. Ez törvény és így van rendjén. De az alkotó szellemű ember számára életének igazi feladata nem a család, nem is a baráti közösségek ápolása, hanem műve, melyhez teljesen tiszta légkörre van szüksége. Ahol emberek lélegzenek, zavaros, fojtott és tisztátalan lesz a levegő. Ezért maradj egyedül, ha dolgod van, munkádban és életedben.

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Romanian

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Dacă mă uit în inima mea și examinez bine tot ceea ce am experimentat în asocierea mea cu oamenii, trebuie să spun că orice asociere umană este fără speranță și că omul care vrea să trăiască corect și să facă munca personală la care el, și numai el, a fost desemnat de destin, acționează înțelept atunci când trăiește complet singur. Toate sentimentele umane tandre se transformă în practică în egoism; este mai înțelept să rămâi singur, chiar dacă uneori este foarte dureros și dificil. Nu există femeie, nu există prieten, nu există relație umană care să nu te umilească în timp. Rămâi politicos și singur, pentru că oamenii sunt fără speranță.

Nu poți, desigur, să sfătuiești un cizmar sau un om bun de bani, și marea majoritate a oamenilor în general, să trăiască singuri; marea majoritate a oamenilor sunt meniți să trăiască în comunitate, cu familia și prietenii, și să se înmulțească până la sfârșitul timpului. Aceasta este legea și este corect. Dar pentru omul creativ, adevărata sarcină a vieții sale nu este cultivarea familiei sau a prietenilor, ci munca sa, pentru care are nevoie de o atmosferă perfect pură. Acolo unde oamenii respiră, aerul devine tulbure, înăbușit și impur. Prin urmare, fii singur atunci când ești ocupat, în munca și în viața ta.

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