“How were we to know we were happy?”
Variant: We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
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“It is a kind of happiness to know how unhappy we must be.”
C’est une espèce de bonheur, de connaître jusqu’à quel point on doit être malheureux.
Maxim 8 of the Maximes supprimées.
Later Additions to the Maxims

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.”
Variant: My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

New Year's Address to the Nation (1990)