To know sufficiency is itself happiness.
足ることを知るは即ち幸いである。

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Mori Ōgai
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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