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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

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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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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

Category:
Honesty
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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

Category:
Peace
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

As far as humor goes, Ive always been a very insecure person and Ive always wanted to be liked. – Peter Steele

Category:
Humor

Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic. – Barbet Schroeder

Category:
Humor

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally. – John Ratzenberger

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Humor

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you dont get sick youre missing half the fun. – Flip Wilson

Category:
Humor

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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. – Agnes Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976)

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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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What you allow, you encourage. – Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com

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I think Im the most positive guy still going in my generation, and Im out there to prove that. – Luther Allison

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