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Martha Washington

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

Martha Washington

Happiness

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Martha Washington is saying that how happy or unhappy we feel is mostly influenced by our attitude and mindset rather than the external situations we face. This means our internal way of thinking plays a bigger role in our emotional state than the actual events happening around us.

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