Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness. ✨ Yama…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.4, Xist Publishing
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