“It requires great spirit, an exceptionally great spirit, to suffer the success of a close relative.” — Sándor Márai Great spirit Copy Share Image
“The world spares only those who remain modest and humble - and even then only for an interval, no more.” — Sándor Márai Humble Copy Share Image
Whether life finds us guilty or not guilty, we ourselves know we are not innocent. — Sándor Márai Divorce Copy Share Image
“(...) só consegues tirar alguma coisa dos livros, se fores capaz de pôr algo teu no que estás a ler.” — Sándor Márai Amor Copy Share Image
“Inteligent to typ człowieka, który łatwiej zniesie prześladowanie niż przeoczenie.” — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“The deep secret at the core of art, in the artist himself, was the embodying of an instinct for play.” — Sándor Márai Art Copy Share Image
“And I know Krisztina's days and nights, her body and her soul, as well as I know my own” — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories. — Sándor Márai Anger Copy Share Image
“There's a feeling of shame that is more painful than any other in life; it's the shame felt by the victim who… — Sándor Márai Life Copy Share Image
“We have done everything within the scope of modern medicine.' Those are just words. They apparently did everything within their erratic knowledge… — Sándor Márai Doctor 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 Contempt 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
“[U]nder even the most sincere human declarations there remained unarticulated layers of despair, fury, lies, and ignorance.” — Sándor Márai Despair Copy Share Image
“Being human beings is not a responsibility we can avoid, but we can, and do, tell an awful lot of lies in… — Sándor Márai Human beings Copy Share Image
I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time… — Sándor Márai 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
“Vášeň neargumentuje slovy rozumu. Vášní je naprosto lhostejné, co od druhého dostane, chce se vyjádřit úplně, chce úplně odevzdat svou vůli, a… — Sándor Márai Hatred 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
She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the… — Sándor Márai Age Copy Share Image
“You only benefit from books if you can give something back to them. What I mean is, if you approach them in… — Sándor Márai Book 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 Desires 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
“Superati i novanta, si invecchia in maniera diversa rispetto a quanto avviene dopo i cinquanta o i sessanta. Si invecchia senza risentimento.… — Sándor Márai Amor Copy Share Image
“Want het leven is niet te verdragen, tenzij in de wetenschap dat we berusten in alles wat we voor onszelf en de… — 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
“Their hearts and guts never had a moment of peace. They were afraid that all the calculations, all the planning, all that… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“You see what I mean? Being rich must be a condition, much like sickness or health. Say you are rich, you might,… — Sándor Márai Drinking champagne Copy Share Image
“The whole business of the bourgeois and the class war was different from what we proles were told. These people were sure… — Sándor Márai Business 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
“We age slowly. First our pleasure in life and other people declines, everything gradually becomes so real, we understand the significance of… — Sándor Márai Life Copy Share Image
“Goethe (I don’t know why, but Goethe somehow always speaks up in my critical moments) said: “Man must experience his own destiny”… — Sándor Márai Atom bomb 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 Blessing Copy Share Image
One has to endure betrayal and disloyalty and, hardest of all , another person's excellence of character or intellect — Sándor Márai Betrayal Copy Share Image
There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them. — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“One can get closer to reality and the facts by using words, questions and answers.” — Sándor Márai Reality Copy Share Image
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