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Quote by Lin Yutang
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change th

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. – Lin Yutang

Other quotes by Lin Yutang

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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Lin Yutang
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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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Simplicity
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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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Clothing
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. – Edward Albee

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Humor

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor. – Arthur Hailey

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Humor

Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes. – Gloria Allred

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Humor

Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor. – Chad Smith

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Humor

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A Church which has lost its memory is in a sad state of senility. – Henry Chadwick

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sad

All music is folk music. I aint never heard a horse sing a song. – Louis Armstrong

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