“ The others, one’s neighbors, le prochain, as you and Princess Mary call it, are the chief source of all error and evil. Le prochain—your Kiev peasants to whom you want to do good. ”
 Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace (1869). copy citation

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““ But what do you mean by living only for yourself? ” asked Pierre, growing excited. “ What about your son, your sister, and your father? ” “ But that’s just the same as myself—they are not others, ” explained Prince Andrew. The others, one’s neighbors, le prochain, as you and Princess Mary call it, are the chief source of all error and evil. Le prochain—your Kiev peasants to whom you want to do good. He evidently wished to draw him on.
“ You are joking, ” replied Pierre, growing more and more excited. “ What error or evil can there be in my wishing to do good, and even doing a little—though I did very little and did it very badly?” source