You cannot receive benefit from others without exposing your weaknesses. You cannot give benefit to others without exposing your weaknesses.
精神的に向上心のないものは馬鹿だ
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Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) is Japan's most celebrated modern novelist, known for masterworks such as 'Kokoro,' 'Botchan,' and 'I Am a Cat.' A scholar of English literature who studied in London, he fused Western literary techniques with Japanese sensibility to create psychologically penetrating novels that explore the isolation of the modern individual.
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Natsume Sōseki's Other Quotes
Even those who appear carefree, when you tap the depths of their hearts, give off a sorrowful sound somewhere within.
Follow heaven and forsake the self.
If you work by reason, you grow rough-edged. If you follow your feelings, you get swept away. If you insist on having your way, you feel boxed in. In any case, the human world is hard to live in.
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