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When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.

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Ihara Saikaku (Japanese: 井原西鶴; 1642–1693) was a Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose (ukiyo-zōshi).

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Pen Names: 鶴永 • 二万翁 • 西鵬

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

Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.

To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice. - Ihara Saikaku

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