In life it is training rather than birth which counts. Ihara Saikaku More Quotes by Ihara Saikaku More Quotes From Ihara Saikaku Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery. Ihara Saikaku simplicity gone people For each of the four hundred and four bodily ailments celebrated physicians have produced infallible remedies, but the malady which brings the greatest distress to mankind - to even the wisest and cleverest of us - is the plague of poverty. Ihara Saikaku physicians poverty four 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 young ease may Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water. Ihara Saikaku ice water fall Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him. Ihara Saikaku harshness ruins boys And why do so many people wilfully exhaust their strength in promiscuous living, when their wives are on hand from bridal night till old age - to be taken when required, like fish from a private pond. Ihara Saikaku taken lakes night Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it. Ihara Saikaku mother giving father Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors. Ihara Saikaku suitors widows house The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living. Ihara Saikaku life-is earning firsts If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done. Ihara Saikaku making-money done losing To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient. Ihara Saikaku fate essentials fortune There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations. Ihara Saikaku careful upset humans Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there. Ihara Saikaku misfortunes heart men To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money. Ihara Saikaku matter way thinking If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human. Ihara Saikaku born might mean When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice. Ihara Saikaku clerks choices men
