The eternal error men make in imagining that happiness consists in the gratification of… — Leo Tolstoy
The eternal error men make in imagining that happiness consists in the gratification of their wishes.
In the original Russian
ту вѣчную ошибку, которую дѣлаютъ люди, представляя себѣ счастье осуществленіемъ желанія.
Anna Karenina · 1877
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Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.
Original citation
Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.
