Meiji Era Quotes

“Anyone who sang the praises of undying love in this day and age belonged to the first rank of hypocrites in Daisuke's estimate.”
― Natsume Sōseki, And Then

“Something very odd has come into fashion since the start of this twentieth century of ours, a convoluted tactic of fulfilling the needs of altruism through egoism.”
― Natsume Sōseki

“I don’t believe any work of art can escape the label “self-vindication.” For man’s life is his attempt at vindicating himself. For the life of each and every living creature is a self-vindication.”
― Ōgai Mori, Vita Sexualis