“What a foolish thing it is to be governed by a desire for fame and profit and to fret away one's whole life without a moment of peace. Great wealth is no guarantee of security. Wealth, in fact, tends to attract calamities and disaster.”

—  Yoshida Kenkō

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Essays in Idleness (1967 Columbia University Press, Trns: Donald Keene)

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