By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselve…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.37, Kodansha International
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By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.37, Kodansha International

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