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# Ōgai Mori

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Lieutenant-General Mori Rintarō , known by his pen name Mori Ōgai , was a Japanese Army Surgeon general officer, translator, novelist, poet and father of famed author Mari Mori. He obtained his medical license at a very young age and introduced translated German language literary works to the Japane

##  Quotes by Ōgai Mori

> [“In old Chinese novels, especially in the Kimpeibai, usually after every ten or twenty pages of innocent description, the author invariably throws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gai-mori/in-old-chinese-novels-especially-in-the-kimpeibai-usually-after-every/)

[Ōgai Mori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gai-mori/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“I don't remember who spoke first, but I do recall the first words between us: "How often we meet among old books!"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gai-mori/i-don-t-remember-who-spoke-first-but-i-do-recall-the-first-words/)

[Ōgai Mori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gai-mori/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“An obstacle which would frighten discreet men is nothing to determined women. They dare what men avoid, and sometimes they achieve an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gai-mori/an-obstacle-which-would-frighten-discreet-men-is-nothing-to/)

[Ōgai Mori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gai-mori/)

[Japan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/japan/)

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