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> [I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time than they seem later when we are reminiscing and taking stock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/i-have-started-to-think-that-the-great-decisive-moments-that-broadly/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

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## More by Sándor Márai

> [Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/time-is-a-purgatory-that-has-cleansed-all-fury-from-my-memories/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“Friendship is no ideal state of mind; it is a law, and a strict one, on which the entire legal systems of great cultures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/friendship-is-no-ideal-state-of-mind-it-is-a-law-and-a-strict-one-on/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/there-is-no-pain-like-the-pain-of-knowing-you-love-someone-but-cannot/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“Tomorrow, everyone who is beautiful will come under suspicion. As will those with talent and those with character.” His voice was hoarse. “Don’t you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/tomorrow-everyone-who-is-beautiful-will-come-under-suspicion-as-will/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/is-disinterest-not-the-essence-of-every-human-relationship/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another in the face of danger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/there-is-this-question-of-otherness-so-just-as-it-is-blood-alone-that/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“One can get closer to reality and the facts by using words, questions and answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/one-can-get-closer-to-reality-and-the-facts-by-using-words-questions/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“I returned from the West, and brought home in my nostrils and nerves that benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority with which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/i-returned-from-the-west-and-brought-home-in-my-nostrils-and-nerves/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/there-are-worse-things-than-suffering-and-death-it-is-worse-to-lose/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/vienna-wasn-t-just-a-city-it-was-a-tone-that-either-one-carries/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/no-the-secret-is-that-there-s-no-reward-and-we-have-to-endure-our/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“To nie komputer jest winien, ze przeważająca większość ludzi dziś jest w dalszym ciagu głupia, tylko sam człowiek, który w każdej cywilizacji, a więc…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/to-nie-komputer-jest-winien-ze-przewa-aj-ca-wi-kszo-ludzi-dzi-jest-w/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“You can even make facts lie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/you-can-even-make-facts-lie/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [“Byla neurčitelná a nezařaditelná, jako by ji úplne nepojímala žádná národnost a třída, jako by se příroda jednou pokusila vytvořit samostatnou nezávislou a svobodnou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/byla-neur-iteln-a-neza-aditeln-jako-by-ji-plne-nepoj-mala-dn-n/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

> [We all of us must come to terms with what and who we are, and recognize that this wisdom is not going to earn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ndor-m-rai/we-all-of-us-must-come-to-terms-with-what-and-who-we-are-and/)

[Sándor Márai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ndor-m-rai/)

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