Frasi di Ihara Saikaku

Ihara Saikaku, 井原西鶴 , è stato uno scrittore giapponese del periodo Edo.

✵ 1642 – 9. Settembre 1693
Ihara Saikaku photo
Ihara Saikaku: 16   frasi 0   Mi piace

Ihara Saikaku: Frasi in inglese

“Ancient simplicity is gone…the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.”

Book I, ch. 4.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.”

Book II, ch. 5.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.”

Book III, ch. 4.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.”

Book V, ch. 5.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.”

Book I, ch. 5.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.”

Book I, ch. 1.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.”

Book I, ch. 1.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.”

Book II, ch. 2.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

“If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.”

Book III, ch. 5.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)

Autori simili

Yamamoto Tsunetomo photo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo 31
militare e filosofo giapponese
Daniel Defoe photo
Daniel Defoe 22
scrittore
Laurence Sterne photo
Laurence Sterne 31
scrittore britannico
Oliver Goldsmith photo
Oliver Goldsmith 11
scrittore e drammaturgo irlandese
Jean de La Bruyère photo
Jean de La Bruyère 58
scrittore e aforista francese
Nicolas Chamfort photo
Nicolas Chamfort 32
scrittore e aforista francese
Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues photo
Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues 56
scrittore e saggista francese
Samuel Butler photo
Samuel Butler 17
scrittore britannico
Joseph Addison photo
Joseph Addison 9
politico, scrittore e drammaturgo britannico
François de La  Rochefoucauld photo
François de La Rochefoucauld 195
scrittore, filosofo e aforista francese