Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When …

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.24, Xist Publishing
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