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The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.

Lin Yutang

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Lin Yutang
Age: 80 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 10
Died: 1976
Died: March 26
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Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good.
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The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious ... it has need of a wise and merry philosophy.
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