"I have no esteem for a man or his work, in whose economy everything has a price, who would bring all the beauty of the landscape, but even the Lord God, to the market if he could get a cent for it, because the market is his real god; on whose farm nothing grows freely, no grain on his land, no flowers on his field, no fruit on his tree, but dollars, who does not care about the beauty of the fruit, because its fruit is only ripe for him when he has exchanged it for dollars.
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Author
Henry David ThoreauAll Translations
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I have no esteem for a man or his work, in whose economy everything has a price, who would bring all the beauty of the landscape, but even the Lord God, to the market if he could get a cent for it, because the market is his real god; on whose farm nothing grows freely, no grain on his land, no flowers on his field, no fruit on his tree, but dollars, who does not care about the beauty of the fruit, because its fruit is only ripe for him when he has exchanged it for dollars.
""Semmire sem becsülöm az olyan embert, sem a munkáját, akinek a gazdaságában mindennek megvan az ára, aki a táj minden szépségét, de akár az Úristent is piacra vinné, ha egy centet kaphatna érte, mert neki a piac az igazi istene; akinek a tanyáján semmi sem terem szabadon, földjén nem gabona, mezején nem virág, fáján nem gyümölcs terem, hanem dollár, aki nem törődik a gyümölcs szépségével, mert gyümölcse csak akkor érett számára, amikor dollárra váltotta."