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I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in ex… - Lin Yutang
" "I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom.
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Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese: 林語堂; Simplified Chinese: 林语堂; pinyin: Lín Yǔtáng) (10 October 1895 – 26 March 1976) was a Chinese writer and translator.
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Lîm Gí-tông
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