More quotes by Ihara Saikaku
There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.
If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.
To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.
Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.
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In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
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