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Leo Tolstoy1 quote
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 · 1859Pindar1 quote
Do not crave immortal life, my soul, but use to the full the resources of what is possible. — Pindar · 474 BCSeneca1 quote
Life is long if you know how to use it. — Seneca · 49Socrates1 quote
The very best thing for a person is health,
Second good looks and third honest wealth,
the fourth is to be in the prime of your life
With people around you who cause you no strife. — Socrates