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“Ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge, which is only returning evil for evil, while ingratitude returns evil for good.”
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“What if the bird will not sing?
Nobunaga answers, "Kill it!"
Hideyoshi answers, "Make it want to sing."
Ieyasu answers, "Wait."
This book, Taiko, is the story of the man who made the bird want to sing.”
― Taiko
Nobunaga answers, "Kill it!"
Hideyoshi answers, "Make it want to sing."
Ieyasu answers, "Wait."
This book, Taiko, is the story of the man who made the bird want to sing.”
― Taiko
“His pity for them had been overwhelming; but pity was not action.”
― Silence
― Silence
“Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water”
― Basho: The Complete Haiku
― Basho: The Complete Haiku
“Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.”
― Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
― Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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