Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories. — Sándor Márai Anger Copy Share Image
“Friendship is no ideal state of mind; it is a law, and a strict one, on which the entire legal systems of… — Sándor Márai Friendship Copy Share Image
There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them. — Sándor Márai Knowing Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow, everyone who is beautiful will come under suspicion. As will those with talent and those with character.” His voice was hoarse.… — Sándor Márai Beauty Copy Share Image
Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship? — Sándor Márai Disinterest Copy Share Image
“There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another in the face… — Sándor Márai Faith Copy Share Image
“One can get closer to reality and the facts by using words, questions and answers.” — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“I returned from the West, and brought home in my nostrils and nerves that benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority with… — Sándor Márai Cold war Copy Share Image
“There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.” — Sándor Márai Death Copy Share Image
“Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It… — Sándor Márai Friendship Copy Share Image
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can,… — Sándor Márai Accepting Copy Share Image
“To nie komputer jest winien, ze przeważająca większość ludzi dziś jest w dalszym ciagu głupia, tylko sam człowiek, który w każdej cywilizacji,… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“Byla neurčitelná a nezařaditelná, jako by ji úplne nepojímala žádná národnost a třída, jako by se příroda jednou pokusila vytvořit samostatnou nezávislou… — Sándor Márai Dignity Copy Share Image
We all of us must come to terms with what and who we are, and recognize that this wisdom is not going… — Sándor Márai Baldness Copy Share Image
“It requires great spirit, an exceptionally great spirit, to suffer the success of a close relative.” — Sándor Márai Religion Copy Share Image
“Superati i novanta, si invecchia in maniera diversa rispetto a quanto avviene dopo i cinquanta o i sessanta. Si invecchia senza risentimento.… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“Do you also believe that what gives our lives their meaning is the passion that suddenly invades us heart, soul, and body,… — Sándor Márai Desire Copy Share Image
“... deep inside you was a frantic longing to be something or someone other than you are. It is the greatest scourge… — Sándor Márai Betrayal Copy Share Image
“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows,… — Sándor Márai Human soul Copy Share Image
It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and… — Sándor Márai Character Copy Share Image
“Bál se hudby, protože s ní potají souvisel, souviselo s ní nejen jeho vědomí, nýbrž i tělo: jako by hlubší smysl hudby… — Sándor Márai Music Copy Share Image
And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions… — Sándor Márai Consequence Copy Share Image
“... I was surrounded by trust and affection. No one could ask more of life, it is the greatest blessing of all.” — Sándor Márai Life Copy Share Image
