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Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things.
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A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.
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It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.
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You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Born:
June 11, 1659
Died:
November 30, 1719
(aged 60)
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