Ihara Saikaku Quotes
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Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.
— Ihara Saikaku
Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall ... his fortune melted to water.
— Ihara Saikaku
In life it is training rather than birth which counts.
— Ihara Saikaku
To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.
— Ihara Saikaku
Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.
— Ihara Saikaku
Ancient simplicity is gone ... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.
— Ihara Saikaku
If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.
— Ihara Saikaku
When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.
— Ihara Saikaku
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
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.
— Ihara Saikaku
If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.
— Ihara Saikaku
I borrow moonlight for this journey of a million miles.
— Saikaku Ihara