“La antigua espada hoy no es mas que un cuchillo para cortar verduras; he entrado en la montaña de los tesoros, pero vuelvo a… — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
And why do so many people wilfully exhaust their strength in promiscuous living, when their wives are on hand from bridal night till old… — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it. — Ihara Saikaku Copy Share Image
