Quote by Lin Yutang
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of p

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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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 Yutang

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Hope
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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. – Lin Yutang

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I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. – Lin Yutang

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Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it. – Mark Twain

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How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people. – Edward Frederic Benson

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A half truth is a whole lie. – Yiddish Proverb

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Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited. – James Cardinal Gibbons

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