Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese writer
As quoted in Remarks of Famous People (1965) by Jacob Morton Braude, p. 23
“How beautiful is forgetting! What relief it would be for the world to lose some of its contents.”
— Jonathan Safran Foer, book Tree of Codes
Source: Tree of Codes
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