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title: "9 Misery Depends Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-washington/the-greater-part-of-our-happiness-or-misery-depends-on-our-2/)

[Martha Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-washington/)

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> [“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-greater-part-of-our-happiness-or-misery-depends-upon-our/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-washington/i-ve-learned-from-experience-that-the-greater-part-of-our-happiness-2/)

[Martha Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-washington/)

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> [Men's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/men-s-happiness-and-misery-depends-altogether-as-much-upon-their-own/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-washington/i-ve-learned-from-experience-that-the-greater-part-of-our-happiness/)

[Martha Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-washington/)

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> [The greatest part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-washington/the-greatest-part-of-our-happiness-or-misery-depends-on-our/)

[Martha Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-washington/)

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> [“Life has its enigmatic events, that can make it a mystery, or my misery. It all depends on how I view it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-liccione/life-has-its-enigmatic-events-that-can-make-it-a-mystery-or-my-misery/)

[Anthony Liccione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-liccione/)

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> [The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-washington/the-greater-part-of-our-happiness-or-misery-depends-on-our/)

[Martha Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-washington/)

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> [I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-still-determined-to-be-cheerful-and-happy-in-whatever-situation-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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## Top authors on Misery Depends

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eddie-31348.jpg) Martha Washington 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/misery-depends/martha-washington/)

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