Lin Yutang: "Sejak penemuan toilet siram dan pembersih karpet hampa ud...

"Sejak penemuan toilet siram dan pembersih karpet hampa udara, manusia modern tampaknya menilai standar moral manusia berdasarkan kebersihannya, dan menganggap seekor anjing lebih beradab karena mandi mingguan dan bungkus musim dingin mengelilingi perutnya."

--- Lin Yutang

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Since the invention of the flush toilet and the vacuum carpet cleaner, the modern man seems to judge a man's moral standards by his cleanliness, and thinks a dog the more highly civilized for having a weekly bath and a winter wrapper round his belly.