Showing posts with label Ihara Saikaku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ihara Saikaku. Show all posts

August 11, 2011

Contrary to former times...

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Contrary to former times, this is an age in which money begets money. Today it is the man of common ability with capital, rather than the man of rare ability with no capital, who gains profit.

– Ihara Saikaku, 1693



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