More quotes by Ihara Saikaku
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.
The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.
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