Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth
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“The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.”
Source: Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth
“In life it is training rather than birth which counts.”
Source: Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth
“Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.”
“Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.”
Source: The Japanese Family Storehouse, Or, The Millionaires' Gospel Modernised
“To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.”
Source: Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth
“If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.”
Source: The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)
“Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water.”
“Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.”
Source: The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)
“Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.”
Source: Five Japanese Love Stories
“Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.”
Source: Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth
“There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.”
Source: The Japanese Family Storehouse, Or, The Millionaires' Gospel Modernised
“To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.”
Source: The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)
“If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.”
Source: The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)