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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.

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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.

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Hungarian

"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."

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