: Food for thought

[Jean Charles]

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Food for thought

 

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, The Importance of Living

 

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.”

― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living

 

When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

― Lin Yutang

 

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

― Lin Yutang, Between Tears and Laughter

 

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

 

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

― Mencius

 

Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.

― Mencius

 

In politics, stealing is trouble but pussy is lethal.

-- The political fixer character Moldowsky in Carl Hiaasen’s novel Strip Tease

 

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