but that what was for him the greatest and most cruel injustice appear…

Leo Tolstoy
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but that what was for him the greatest and most cruel injustice appeared to others a quite ordinary occurrence. ✨ Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (2009). The Death of Ivan Ilyich, p.32, ReadHowYouWant.com
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but that what was for him the greatest and most cruel injustice appeared to others a quite ordinary occurrence. ✨ Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (2009). The Death of Ivan Ilyich, p.32, ReadHowYouWant.com

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