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Quote by Lin Yutang
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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. – Lin Yutang

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No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. – Lin Yutang

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Travel
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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. – Lin Yutang

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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. – Henry Louis Mencken, A Little Book in C Major, 1916

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Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships. – Author Unknown

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Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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No one can earn a million dollars honestly. – William Jennings Bryan

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Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustnt get serious with people. They dont expect it from you, and they dont want to see it. Youre not entitled to be serious, youre a clown, and they only want you to make them laugh. – Fanny Brice

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Substitute damn every time youre inclined to write very your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. – Mark Twain

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