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# Apollon Maykov on happiness and duty in his 1889 poem “V chem schastye”
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- Published: 2024-04-07T07:32:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:46:56.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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What is happiness?..  
On life's path  
To go wherever your duty bids,  
To know no enemies, to measure no obstacles,  
To love, to hope and to believe.

*Literal translation*

Apollon Maykov, "What Is Happiness", 1889