rennie ♡’s Reviews > A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees > Status Update
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There is nothing worse than when someone you thought impressive reveals himself as lacking in sensibility. Status and personal appearance are things one is born with, after all, but surely the inner man can always be improved with effort. It is a great shame to see a fine upstanding fellow fall in with low and ugly types who easily run rings round him, and all for want of cultivation and learning.
— Jan 02, 2026 01:44AM
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There are seven types of people one should not have as a friend.
The first is an exalted and high-ranking person. The second, somebody young. The third, anyone strong and in perfect health. The fourth, a man who loves drink. The fifth, a brave and daring warrior. The sixth, a liar. The seventh, an avaricious man.
The three to choose as friends are – one who gives gifts, a doctor and a wise man.
— Jan 02, 2026 03:10AM
The first is an exalted and high-ranking person. The second, somebody young. The third, anyone strong and in perfect health. The fourth, a man who loves drink. The fifth, a brave and daring warrior. The sixth, a liar. The seventh, an avaricious man.
The three to choose as friends are – one who gives gifts, a doctor and a wise man.
rennie ♡
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It is because they have no fear of death that people fail to enjoy life – no, not that they don’t fear it, but rather they forget its nearness. Of course, it must be said that the ultimate gain lies in transcending the relative world with its distinction between life and death.’
— Jan 02, 2026 02:22AM
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‘Well then, if people hate death they should love life. Should we not relish each day the joy of survival? Fools forget this – they go striving after other enjoyments, cease to appreciate the fortune they have and risk all to lay their hands on fresh wealth. Their desires are never sated. There is a deep contradiction in failing to enjoy life and yet fearing death when faced with it.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:22AM
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You are forever pondering pros and cons, endlessly absorbed in questions of gain and loss. And on top of delusion comes drunkenness, and in that drunkenness you dream.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:20AM
rennie ♡
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If you follow the ways of the world, your heart will be drawn to its sensual defilements and easily led astray; if you go among people, your words will be guided by others’ responses rather than come from the heart. There is nothing firm or stable in a life spent between larking about together and quarrelling, exuberant one moment, aggrieved and resentful the next.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:20AM
rennie ♡
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Let’s not rush into things,’ one imperative thing after another will occur to detain you. There will be no end to it all, and the day of decision will never come.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:19AM
rennie ♡
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If you say to yourself, ‘Let’s just wait until after this is over,’ or ‘While I’m at it I’ll just see to that,’ or ‘People will criticize me about such-and-such so I should make sure it’s all dealt with and causes no problem later,’ or ‘There’s been time enough so far, after all, and it won’t take long just to a wait a little longer while I do this.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:19AM
rennie ♡
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Great wealth will drive you to neglect your own well-being in pursuit of it. It is asking for harm and tempting trouble.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:17AM
rennie ♡
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Around the twentieth day of the ninth month, someone invited me along to view the moon with him.
— Jan 02, 2026 02:12AM

