“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese writer
As quoted in Hard-to-Solve Cryptograms (2001) by Derrick Niederman, p. 96
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
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