English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Lin Yutang Quotes

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

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Curtis Joseph quote: "I cry at movies."
I cry at movies. Curtis Joseph
Ella Maillart quote: "Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it."
Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it. Ella Maillart
By the time she had interpreted Harry's dreams at the top of her voice (all of which, even the ones that involved eating porridge, apparently foretold a gruesome and early death), he was feeling much less sympathetic toward her. J. K. Rowling
Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir. Talcott Parsons
The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is only because history does not deal with as many humans as physics does atoms, so that individual variations count for more. Isaac Asimov
Haruki Murakami quote: "Its Barnum & Bailey world just as phony as it can be, But it..."
Its Barnum & Bailey world just as phony as it can be, But it would't be make-believe if you believed in me Haruki Murakami
Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind/Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,/Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,/Above, beneath, betwixt, between. Neil Gaiman
It was one of those dangerous moments when speech is at once sincere and deceptive - when feeling, rising high above its average depth, leaves flood-marks which are never reached again. George Eliot
I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. Heath Ledger
Christopher Columbus quote: "Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."
Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. Christopher Columbus
Gwen Moore quote: "Healthcare costs are rising, and not just Medicare and..."
Healthcare costs are rising, and not just Medicare and Medicaid, but healthcare in general. Gwen Moore
Barbara Cartland quote: "As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go..."
As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins. Barbara Cartland
As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them of how vulnerable they were to time. Mark Helprin
We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love. Stevie Nicks
Stephen Leacock quote: "It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it."
It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it. Stephen Leacock