Ihara Saikaku Quote

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


Book V, ch. 5. - The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)


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.

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.