When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don't feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- It jokes that happiness brings mixed emotions while sadness feels only one way.
- In plain terms
- When you are happy you feel two things, but when you are sad you only feel one.
- What can you take from it?
- Happiness comes with a complex emotional mix.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you feel more emotions when happy?
- Why is sadness so single?
Another view
Sadness can also be complex and layered not one dimensional.
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