Georg Buchner
German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose
Lin Yutangwas a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. He had an informal style in both Chinese and English, and he made compilations and translations of the Chinese classics into English.
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About the Lin Yutang
Lin Yutangwas a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. He had an informal style in both Chinese and English, and he made compilations and translations of the Chinese classics into English. Some of his writings criticized the racism and imperialism of the West.
11 Quotes by Lin Yutang
- 1.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 2.
Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 3.
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.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 4.
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 5.
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 6.
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 7.
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.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 8.
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 9.
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.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 10.
A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)
- 11.
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.
Lin YutangChinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895-1976)