“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.” PovertyFourMankindHundredRemedyPhysiciansDistressPlagueWisestInfallibleMaladyAilments Author:Ihara Saikaku
“Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water.” FallWaterPovertySunFortuneIceRays Author:Ihara Saikaku
