Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.
More Quotes from Lin Yutang:
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
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
A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at 5 oclock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.
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This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
Lin Yutang
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
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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