人の意見を聞いてから出る知恵は、本当の知恵ではない。

I came as dew, I vanish as dew — all that I was, all I achieved at Naniwa, is a dream within a dream.

Wisdom that comes only after hearing others' opinions is not true wisdom.

In this uncertain world, we cannot know what tomorrow brings.

-- Called 'the greatest warrior in Japan' by his enem

Life is like a long journey carrying a heavy burden. Never hurry.

-- The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

A human life of fifty years, compared to the span beneath heaven, is nothing but a dream, an illusion.

-- The revolutionary warlord who dismantled feudal Japan's medieval order and launched the country toward unification

I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

-- The dominant warlord of China's Three Kingdoms era

Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones.

-- The Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama

For human beings, fate arrives suddenly, without any warning.

-- Yasushi Inoue