Ihara Saikaku: Quotes about life

Ihara Saikaku was Japanese writer. Explore interesting quotes on life.
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“The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.”

Book I, ch. 1.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“In life it is training rather than birth which counts.”

Book I, ch. 3.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.”

Book I, ch. 1.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)