"When I first shot Writing, I didn't think the way I'm talking now. Then I saw that the Holy Scriptures cannot even be mentioned on the same day as Cicero's great book. My scholarly pride did not like his modesty, but my understanding could not penetrate its depths. However, this book is such that it grows with those who start reading it with a child's spirit; but I, in my inflated and self-pleasing greatness, deemed it unworthy of me to lower myself to the level of a child.
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When I first shot Writing, I didn't think the way I'm talking now. Then I saw that the Holy Scriptures cannot even be mentioned on the same day as Cicero's great book. My scholarly pride did not like his modesty, but my understanding could not penetrate its depths. However, this book is such that it grows with those who start reading it with a child's spirit; but I, in my inflated and self-pleasing greatness, deemed it unworthy of me to lower myself to the level of a child.
""Az Írás első forgatásakor nem úgy gondolkoztam, ahogy most beszélek. Akkor úgy láttam, hogy a Szentírást Cicero nagyszerű könyvével egy napon említeni sem lehet. Tudós gőgömnek nem tetszett benne a szerénység, viszont értelmem nem tudott behatolni mélységeibe. Pedig ez a könyv olyan, hogy együtt nő azzal, aki gyermeklélekkel kezdi olvasni; én azonban felfuvalkodott és tetszelgő nagyságomban magamhoz méltatlannak ítéltem, hogy gyermekké alacsonyuljak."