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You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Imagine
Happiness
Happy
Think
Thinking
Miserable
Necessarily

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