Perhaps because I have lived in Vienna I have learned to look at things from your point of view.

Then, too, the world is a selfish place, and our own little careers are, after all, the most important part of it." Von Behrling eyed her Curiously.
"It seems strange to hear you talk like this," he remarked.
She looked out of the window for a moment.
"Oh! I still love my country, in a way," she answered, "and I still hate all Austrians, in a way, but it is not as it used to be with me, I must admit.

If we had two lives, I would give one to my country and keep one for myself.

Since we have only one, I am afraid, after all, that I am human, and I want to taste some of its pleasures." "Some of its pleasures," Von Behrling repeated, a little gloomily.
"Ah, that is easy enough for you, Mademoiselle!" "Not so easy as it may appear," she answered.

"One needs many things to get the best out of life.