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Men, sometimes even if they can't see their beloved for only a few days, become bitter and cry when parting; they also swear to many things, make promises, and they are determined to keep them; but then some new case comes up, and they forget their oaths. (...) They are usually sold sooner for oaths, tears and promises than for true love. Their fickle character makes them do all this, because there is no one who would rather change ten lovers in a month than stay with one for ten months. They constantly think that they are finding new methods and forms, and they brag about it, when many women's hearts were theirs. So what do you hope for? Why do you deceive yourself with vain dreams? You are not capable of stopping him in his scheming anyway: stop loving him and show him that you can cheat him in the same way that he cheated on you.

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Men, sometimes even if they can't see their beloved for only a few days, become bitter and cry when parting; they also swear to many things, make promises, and they are determined to keep them; but then some new case comes up, and they forget their oaths. (...) They are usually sold sooner for oaths, tears and promises than for true love. Their fickle character makes them do all this, because there is no one who would rather change ten lovers in a month than stay with one for ten months. They constantly think that they are finding new methods and forms, and they brag about it, when many women's hearts were theirs. So what do you hope for? Why do you deceive yourself with vain dreams? You are not capable of stopping him in his scheming anyway: stop loving him and show him that you can cheat him in the same way that he cheated on you.

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Hungarian

"A férfiak, néha akkor is, ha csak néhány napja nem láthatják kedvesüket, elkeserednek s elváláskor sírva fakadnak; szintúgy sok mindenre esküdöznek, ígéretet tesznek, s elhatározott szándékuk azt meg is tartani; de aztán valami új eset jön közbe, s kiverik fejükből esküiket. (...) Esküre, könnyekre és ígérgetésre általában hamarabb kaphatók ők, mint hű szerelemre. Ingatag jellemük készteti őket minderre, hisz nincs egy se, ki ne szeretne inkább egy hónapban tíz szeretőt változtatni, mint hogy tíz hónapig egynél maradjon. Állandóan azt hiszik, hogy új módszerekre és formákra lelnek, s kérkednek vele, ha sok nő szíve volt az övék. Mit remélsz tehát? Hiú ábrándokkal miért áltatod magad? Úgysem vagy rá képes, hogy csélcsapságában akadályozd: szűnj meg szeretni őt, s mutasd meg, hogy ugyanolyan módon, ahogy ő csalt meg, te is megcsalhatod."

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