Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned.
Bataren begi argiaz pozik eta bestearen mesprezuaz haserre, gure ezaupidearen hasieratik bertatik, lilura eta ezjakina gorteatu ditut gizon horiei zegokien guztian, eta arrazoimena, berriz, kanpora bidali.