Tied to the World - Lin Yutang's Essays

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
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Heaven has granted us a lifespan of seventy years. If our aspirations are too lofty, desiring immortality, these seventy years indeed seem brief. But if our hearts are a little more serene, these seventy years are long enough. In seventy years, one can learn much and experience great happiness. To witness human folly and gain human wisdom, seventy years are already long enough. A wise person, if granted a longer life, could observe the rise and fall of customs, morals, and politics over these seventy years. When the curtain falls on life's stage, he should be able to rise from his seat with satisfaction, exclaim, "This has been a fine play," and depart.