"A person reads many thousands of books, most of them are forgotten in a week. In a man's life he sees and hears many thousands of paintings, pieces of music, sculptures, and landscapes, and there are ten, twenty, or thirty that accompany him for a long time, like a friend or a beloved. There are very few thoughts in a person's life that they will never part with. The many thousands of books are daily food, which by providing pleasure for a certain period of time has fulfilled its task. The ten, twenty, or thirty images, or pieces of music or poems that accompany a person for a long time are intimate life partners.
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A person reads many thousands of books, most of them are forgotten in a week. In a man's life he sees and hears many thousands of paintings, pieces of music, sculptures, and landscapes, and there are ten, twenty, or thirty that accompany him for a long time, like a friend or a beloved. There are very few thoughts in a person's life that they will never part with. The many thousands of books are daily food, which by providing pleasure for a certain period of time has fulfilled its task. The ten, twenty, or thirty images, or pieces of music or poems that accompany a person for a long time are intimate life partners.
""Az ember sok ezer könyvet olvas, legnagyobb részüket egy hét alatt elfelejti. Az ember életében sok ezer festményt, zeneművet, szobrot és tájat lát és hall, és van tíz-húsz-harminc, amely hosszú ideig kíséri, mint a barát vagy a kedves. Az ember életében csak egész kevés olyan gondolatot talál, amelytől sohasem válik meg. A sok ezer könyv mindennapi táplálék, amely azzal, hogy egy bizonyos ideig örömet nyújtott, feladatát elvégezte. Az a tíz-húsz-harminc kép, vagy zenemű vagy vers, amely az embert hosszú ideig kíséri, meghitt élettárs."