"Our character is the master, our intellect commands; the body is only a servant. (...) He is a servant and quite childlike. The inclinations of our organs are as rudimentary as the demands of a small child. The body wants everything, all pleasure, all kinds of satisfaction, and it wants it all the time. (...) But the character should not tolerate any kind of slave rebellion.
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Márai SándorAll Translations
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Our character is the master, our intellect commands; the body is only a servant. (...) He is a servant and quite childlike. The inclinations of our organs are as rudimentary as the demands of a small child. The body wants everything, all pleasure, all kinds of satisfaction, and it wants it all the time. (...) But the character should not tolerate any kind of slave rebellion.
""Jellemünk az úr, értelmünk parancsol; a test csak szolga. (...) Szolga ő és egészen gyermekes. Szerveink hajlamai oly kezdetlegesek, mint a kisgyermek követelései. Mindent akar a test, minden örömet, mindenfajta kielégülést és folyamatosan akarja. (...) De a jellem ne tűrjön semmiféle rabszolgalázadást."