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When you feel unhappy, disagreeable and miserable, go to some one else who is miserable and do that person an act of kindness, and you will find that you will be made happy.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgWhen you feel unhappy, disagreeable and miserable, go to some one else who is miserable and do that person an act of kindness, and you will find that you will be made happy.
Washington emphasizes the importance of kindness to improve one's own happiness.
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