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Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside he may only be disagreed with.

Lin Yutang

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Lin Yutang
Age: 80 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 10
Died: 1976
Died: March 26
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Disagreed
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Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.
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An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.
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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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