Quote#Happiness
It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil because it is…
Quote byMary Wollstonecraft · 1759–1797
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790).
English (original)
It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. And the desire of rectifying these mistakes, is the noble ambition of an enlightened understanding, the impulse of feelings that Philosophy invigorates.
— Mary Wollstonecraft
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