"If you are hit by a big blow or mental pain, first of all, think that this is natural, because you are human. What did you imagine? You are human, so your loved ones die, your friends leave you, and everything you collected and loved flies away like dust in a windstorm. This is not miraculous, but according to the order of nature, this is simple and natural. What is more admirable is that great calamities do not befall you every day. You are human, so you must suffer; and your suffering will not last forever, because you are human.
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Márai SándorAll Translations
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If you are hit by a big blow or mental pain, first of all, think that this is natural, because you are human. What did you imagine? You are human, so your loved ones die, your friends leave you, and everything you collected and loved flies away like dust in a windstorm. This is not miraculous, but according to the order of nature, this is simple and natural. What is more admirable is that great calamities do not befall you every day. You are human, so you must suffer; and your suffering will not last forever, because you are human.
""Ha nagy csapás, lelki fájdalom ér, mindenekelőtt gondolj arra, hogy ez természetes, mert ember vagy. Mit is képzeltél? Ember vagy, tehát kedveseid meghalnak, barátaid elhagynak, s minden, amit gyűjtöttél és szerettél, elrepül, mint a por a szélviharban. Ez nem csodálatos, hanem a természet rendje szerint való, ez az egyszerű és természetes. Inkább az a csodálnivaló, hogy nem érnek mindennap nagy csapások. Ember vagy, tehát szenvedned kell; s szenvedésed nem tart örökké, mert ember vagy."