Not saying that the external circumstances are not important, we should focus also on improving them,bettering them, whether for ourselves,for society at large.

并不是说，外部环境不重要，我们同样应该注重改善外部环境，无论是我们自己，或对整个社会。

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Third,premise related to the first is opposed to happiness which is primarily function of external circumstances.

第三，这个前提与,与决定幸福的,外部环境无关。

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But beyond the extremes, additions or subtractions to our external circumstances make very little difference.

但在这些极端情况之外，增加或减少的外部环境,产生的区别很小。

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In general, external circumstances make very little difference.

总得来说，外部环境的影响很小。

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External circumstances matter very little. Very little.

外部环境影响甚微。

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