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“Грустно, но что делать — во все времена большинство людей жили, чтобы просто как-то жить и выжить, а это в общем и целом занятие довольно однообразное и непривлекательное.”
Евгений Штейнер, Приближение к Фудзияме

Nitobe Inazō
“Stories of military exploits were repeated almost before boys left their mother’s breast. Does a little booby cry for any ache? The mother scolds him in this fashion: “What a coward to cry for a trifling pain! What will you do when your arm is cut off in battle? What when you are called upon to commit hara-kiri?”
Inazō Nitobe, Bushido - The Soul of Japan

“Вообще, история — это скорее неиссякающий поток
амнезии, нежели фиксация памяти.”
Евгений Штейнер, Приближение к Фудзияме

Yukio Mishima
“Совет ничего не стоит. Мы можем пожалеть для человека сто йен, но советы мы можем раздавать бесплатно, как воду. Советы почти никогда не сближают нас с людьми. Восемь или девять из десяти наших советов заставляют людей покраснеть, смутиться и затаить злобу.”
Yukio Mishima, Книга самурая

“In order for Japan to become an equal member of the international community, the western perception of time had to be accepted. The western calendar was
adopted with much complaint in 1872, with the decision that the third day of the succeeding twelfth month would become the first day of 1873. The decree added:
On this day a ceremony…will be held, and the Emperor will inform the sun goddess and the imperial ancestors of the change…. The day will be divided into 24 hours instead of twelve two-hour periods, as hitherto.”
Jilly Traganou, The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan

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