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Reality - Dreams = Animal BeingReality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism)Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism)Dreams - Humor = FanaticismDreams + Humor = FantasyReality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom
Reality - Dreams = Animal BeingReality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism)Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism)Dreams - Humor = FanaticismDreams + Humor = FantasyReality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom
Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
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- Lin Yutang
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- Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Lin Yutang, based on documented lifetime 1895 to 1976. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334086 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334086 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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