Lin Yutang - Wise Quotes

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The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious, is it has need of a wise and merry philosophy.

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Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

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One can learn such a lot and enjoy such a lot in seventy years, and three generations is a long, long time to see human follies and acquire human wisdom. Anyone who is wise and has lived long enough to witness the changes of fashion and morals and politics through the rise and fall of three generations should be perfectly satisfied to rise from his seat and go away saying, "It was a good show," when the curtain falls.

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There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

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The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but "wise as serpents.

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