Quote by Lin Yutang
The wise man reads both books and life itself. - Lin Yutang

The wise man reads both books and life itself. – Lin Yutang

Other quotes by Lin Yutang

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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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
Books
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I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. – Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991

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Books

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917

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Books

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. – E.M. Forster

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Books

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot

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Books

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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth. – Jennifer Aniston

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