• There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

  Benjamin Franklin
  American statesman and physicist 1706-1790
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1. diminish
2. augment
3. himself
4. happens
5. easier
6. which

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There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. by : Benjamin Franklin

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