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Ihara Saikaku quotes: Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.

Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall ... his fortune melted to water.

Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall ... his fortune melted to water.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: In life it is training rather than birth which counts.

In life it is training rather than birth which counts.

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

The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.

Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.

Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: Ancient simplicity is gone ... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

Ancient simplicity is gone ... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.

If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.

When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: No longer can a young woman feel at ease; for she is ever concerned with the impression that she may be making on others.

No longer can a young woman feel at ease; for she is ever concerned with the impression that she may be making on others.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.

To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.

If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.

Ihara Saikaku quotes: Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.

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