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Lin Yutang

"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."

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"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"The last good time always comes."

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"Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."

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"When this world is full of fashion, be unique by reflecting your own style."

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"Life is a wave of love in the ocean of time."

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"Every idea travels to somewhere but some ideas travel to everywhere, the great ideas!"

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"How magical can a person be when she is blessed with infinite kindness?"

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"Life is a journey. If you can't walk, journey with your thoughts and imaginations."

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"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life."

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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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"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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"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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"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."
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"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."
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"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."
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