What did Ihara Saikaku mean by: Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors. Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan Copy
Like ice beneath the sun’s rays – to such poverty did he fall…his fortune melted to water. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Decline, Loss, Transformation, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it. Read explanation Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Parenting, Survival, Wealth, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Ability, Fate, Fortune, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Control, Imperfection, Uncertainty, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Priority, Survival, Work, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
+ In life it is training rather than birth which counts. Author, September 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Ihara Saikaku, Development, Success, Training, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Decision-making, Independence, Wealth, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ihara Saikaku, Ethics, Humanity, Identity, 0 Ihara Saikaku Writer · Japan
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
