You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate. ✨ Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan., p.63, Bottom of the Hill
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