If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we wan… - Meg Jay

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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are. — Charles de Montesquieu, writer/philosopher

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