I wish to die as Mori Rintaro, a man of Iwami.

余ハ石見人森林太郎トシテ死セント欲ス

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Mori Ogai

Mori Ogai (1862-1922) was a Japanese novelist, translator, and army surgeon-general whose dual career in literature and military medicine made him a singular figure in Meiji-era Japan. Known for 'The Dancing Girl,' 'The Wild Geese,' and 'The Boat on the Takase River,' he brought German literary sophistication to Japanese prose.

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Mori Ogai's Other Quotes

人の世には、道は一つということはない。道はいくつもある。

In this human world, the path is never singular. There are always multiple paths.

To know sufficiency is itself happiness.

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