"The mother did not only pass on life: she also taught her sons a language, she entrusted them with the treasure slowly accumulated over the centuries, the spiritual heritage, which she also only entrusted, this legacy of traditions, concepts, myths, in which all the differences live , which is between Newton or Shakespeare and the barbarians of the caves.
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Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAll Translations
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The mother did not only pass on life: she also taught her sons a language, she entrusted them with the treasure slowly accumulated over the centuries, the spiritual heritage, which she also only entrusted, this legacy of traditions, concepts, myths, in which all the differences live , which is between Newton or Shakespeare and the barbarians of the caves.
""Az anya nem csak az életet adta tovább: megtanított egy nyelvet is fiainak, rájuk bízta a századok folyamán lassan fölhalmozott kincset, a szellemi örökséget, melyet ő is csak letétbe kapott, hagyományoknak, fogalmaknak, mítoszoknak ezt a hagyatékát, amelyben benne él mindaz a különbség, amely Newton vagy Shakespeare és a barlangok barmai között van."