Lin Yutang Quotes

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Lin Yutang

Besides the noble art of getting things done there is the art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
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Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
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Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
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Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
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Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.
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The wise man reads both books and life itself.
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No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
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Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
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