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Quote by Márai Sándor
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English
Translation 1You don't have to be a fakir and live according to the laws of yoga, a yogic and forced practice: but I think it is right to stand at the open window at dawn, after waking up, and breathe deeply through the nose a few times, filling the lungs with fresh morning air, washing and clearing the lungs of the impure vapours of tobacco smoke, of the room air. Something must be given to the lungs. The body is very grateful, eager to acknowledge the slightest attention. And I've found that honey is useful too: for your breakfast, which can't be light enough, spoon some pure honey. There's something in honey that the pure forces of nature smuggle into it; the body gratefully receives it.
Hungarian
Translation 2Nem kell éppen fakírnak lenned és a jóga törvényei szerint, nyakatekert és erőszakos gyakorlatok szerint élned: de azt hiszem, helyesen cselekszik, aki hajnalban, felkelés után a nyitott ablakhoz áll, s néhányszor mélyen lélegzik az orrán át, tüdejét teleszívja az üde, reggeli levegővel, kimossa és kiszellőzteti tüdejét a dohányfüst, a szobalevegő tisztátalan páráitól. Valamit kell adni a tüdőnek is. A test nagyon hálás, a legcsekélyebb figyelmet lelkesen nyugtázza. S úgy tapasztaltam, a méz is hasznos: reggelidhez, mely nem lehet elég könnyű, kanalazz tiszta mézet. Valami van a mézben, amit a természet tiszta erői csempésznek bele; a szervezet hálásan fogadja.
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