“Ancient simplicity is gone…the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.”
Book I, ch. 4.
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Ihara Saikaku: 16 citations0 J'aime
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“To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.”
Book II, ch. 5.
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What the Seasons Brought to the Almanac-Maker (1686).
“To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.”
Book III, ch. 4.
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Book I, ch. 1.
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“Like ice beneath the sun's rays — to such poverty did he fall…his fortune melted to water.”
Book III, ch. 5.
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“Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.”
Book V, ch. 5.
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“If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.”
Book III, ch. 4.
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“Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.”
Book I, ch. 5.
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“The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.”
Book I, ch. 1.
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“In life it is training rather than birth which counts.”
Book I, ch. 3.
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“Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.”
Book I, ch. 1.
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Book III, ch. 1.
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“There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.”
Book II, ch. 2.
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Book II, ch. 5.
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“If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.”
Book III, ch. 5.
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