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An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.

Lin Yutang

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Lin Yutang
Age: 80 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 10
Died: 1976
Died: March 26
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The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.
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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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Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.
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All women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress.
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Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the monkey.
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On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.
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Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside he may only be disagreed with.
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The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness.
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Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.
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Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.
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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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All human happiness is sensuous happiness.
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The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.
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What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?
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Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.
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