And nevertheless, if I have virtually given up these too mechanical forms of pleasure, or have never indulged in them at too great length, I owe it more to chance than to impregnable virtue.
Eta, alabaina, plazerraren era makinalegi horiei nola-halako ukoa eman badiet, edo horietan barrena aurrera jarraitzeko asmoak oro baztertu baditut, batez ere neure zoriari zor diot, neure bertuteari baino areago, azken hau ez baitjda inoiz ezeri gogor egiteko gauza izan.