I used to think that a man was sentenced to death or imprisonment because he was guilty; now I know that he is found guilty because he is disliked.
—Lu Xun
When you talk with famous scholars, the best thing is to pretend that occasionally you do not quite understand them. If you understand too little, you will be despised; if you understand too much, you will be disliked; if you just fail occasionally to understand them you will suit each other very well.
—Lu Xun
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
—Lu Xun
Topics: Hope, Existence, Optimism, Health, Positive Attitudes
Savage as a lion, timid as a rabbit, crafty as a fox.
—Lu Xun
Topics: Action
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