"To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient."

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Source : Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)”, Cambridge University Press

Ihara Saikaku

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“Science, math and engineering can give you the exhilarating power to become not mere spectators or consumers, but the active explorers, makers and doers who will help invent the future.”
“I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.”
“If the shoe fits, wear it.”
“For in Paris, whenever God puts a pretty woman there (the streets), the Devil, in reply, immediately puts a fool to keep her.”
“Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.”
“Indecision is a form of self-abuse - be ready to step up!”
“I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain.”
“I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want to get closer to the heart of things, and sometimes even a few good sentences contained in an otherwise unexceptional book can crystallize vague feelings, fleeting physical sensations, or, sometimes, profound epiphanies." pg. xvi”

Source : Maureen Corrigan (2007). “Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books”, p.13, Vintage

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