I believe you should neither get too much happy nor too much sad in any kind of situa

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I believe you should neither get too much happy nor too much sad in any kind of situation in life. You should remain neutral all the time.

Please check my sentences.
 

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Delete 'much' twice.
 

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We use "too much" before uncountable nouns. "Happy" and "sad" are not nouns.

I would change "get" to "be".
 

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You could, for example, write about too much happiness or too much sadness. Neither phrase would fit in your sample sentence though.
 

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I believe you should neither be happy nor sad in any kind of situation in life. You should remain neutral all the time.
 

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But what to use in place of "too much" then? Because I want to say that you should be happy but there should be a limit to that. You should be sad for the things that make you sad but up to some extent only.
 

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Reread post #2.

I believe you should neither be too happy nor sad in any kind of situation in life. You should remain neutral all the time.
 

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Now you've deleted 'too' before 'sad'.
 
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