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Lin Yutang

(1895—1976), Chinese-American writer

Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.

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(1895-1976), Chinese-American writer If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. www.english-slang.com

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