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It took me some time to learn that poverty is not around me, but within me, and there is no escape from it. It took me some time to learn that the atmosphere of poverty is like the stinking cave of Torda, and the sulfurous air it emits makes the colors of the surrounding flora fade, and the chlorophyll fades from the vegetation when the poor person looks back.

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It took me some time to learn that poverty is not around me, but within me, and there is no escape from it. It took me some time to learn that the atmosphere of poverty is like the stinking cave of Torda, and the sulfurous air it emits makes the colors of the surrounding flora fade, and the chlorophyll fades from the vegetation when the poor person looks back.

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Hungarian

"Bizonyos időbe tellett, amíg megtanultam, hogy a szegénység nem körülöttem van, hanem bennem van, s nincs menekvés előle. Időbe tellett, amíg megtanultam, hogy a szegénység légköre olyasféle, mint a tordai büdösbarlang, és a kénes levegőnek párájától, amelyet áraszt, elhalványodnak a környezet flórájának színei, s a növényzetből kifakul a klorofil, ha a szegény reánéz."

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