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Happiness is not a permanent state, and no matter what we get, we will always swing between happiness and sadness. Happiness is a state of mind. Most often, we are unhappy not because that some evil…

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Happiness is not a permanent state, and no matter what we get, we will always swing between happiness and sadness. Happiness is a state of mind. Most often, we are unhappy not because that some evil has befallen on us, but by the absence of some fictitious good.
The implication of the given statement is that:
  1. We are unhappy because we are made that way
  2. We are unhappy, because we always compare ourselves with others who are better off
  3. We are unhappy, because something which we think is good has not happened to us
  4. None of the given options is correct

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C - We are unhappy, because something which we think is good has not happened to us
The passage says we are unhappy mostly due to the absence of some imagined (fictitious) good, i.e. because something we think is good has not happened to us.

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