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"We Are Never So Much Disposed to Quarrel As When..."--What?

By Gretchen Rubin on November 16, 2009 in The Happiness Project

“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”
--William Hazlitt

Yet another reason why we have a duty to be happy. I know I'm less quarrelsome when I'm happy. Read More

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Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project, a book and a blog about her adventures learning to be happier.

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