A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness. - Leo Tolstoy (Family Happiness Quotes)

A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor – such is my idea of happiness.[Тихая уединенная жизнь в нашей деревенской глуши, с возможностью делать добро людям, которым так легко делать добро, к которому они не привыкли, потом труд, труд, который, кажется, что приносит пользу, потом отдых, природа, книга, музыка, любовь к близкому человеку, вот мое счастье, выше которого я не мечтал.]

Source:(Dover Publications, ed. 2005), Part I, Chapter V, Page 30
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