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Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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English (Source)

I have often observed that a poet departed, taking with him the most valuable part of a farm, while the sullen farmer thought he had only plundered a few scraps. But the farmer often has no idea for years that the poet took his farm into a poem, that is, drove it into an invisible pen, milked it, skimmed it, kept all its color for himself, and left only the skimmed milk for the farmer.

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Hungarian

Gyakran megfigyeltem, hogy egy költő elvonult s magával vitte egy-egy tanya legértékesebb részét, míg a mogorva farmer azt hitte róla, hogy csak néhány vackort zsákmányolt. De hát a gazda sokszor évekig sem sejti, hogy a költő versbe szedte tanyáját, vagyis afféle láthatatlan karámba terelte, megfejte, lefölözte, a színét mind megtartotta magának, s a gazdának csupán a lefölözött tejet hagyta meg.

Words: 60

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Last updated: 2026-02-13

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