Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to beAbraham Lincoln
“In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.”
Roman philosopher and statesman · c. 480 – 524
Roman Christian philosopher, poet and politician who wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while imprisoned.
Source: The Consolation of Philosophy (c. 524) · ✓ Source verified
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