“Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky · Wisdom quote

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. — Fyodor Dostoevsky quote card
Writer · 1821 – 1881

Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

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