"Even though what he longed for was fully realized, he was not entirely happy. The realization of his desires, he soon felt, gave him only a grain of sand from the mountain of happiness he was expecting. Fulfillment showed the eternal error into which those who imagine happiness as the fulfillment of their desires fall.
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Author
Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Even though what he longed for was fully realized, he was not entirely happy. The realization of his desires, he soon felt, gave him only a grain of sand from the mountain of happiness he was expecting. Fulfillment showed the eternal error into which those who imagine happiness as the fulfillment of their desires fall.
""Hiába valósult meg teljesen, amire oly soká vágyódott - nem volt egészen boldog. Vágyainak a megvalósulás, hamar megérezte, egy homokszemet adott csak a boldogságnak abból a hegyéből, amelyre számított. A beteljesülés megmutatta az örök tévedést, amelybe azok esnek, akik a boldogságot vágyaik teljesüléseként képzelik el."