In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to recall.

He who reads much and walks much, sees much and knows much.

I shall give Japan a good laundering.

-- The visionary who brokered the alliance that overthrew Japan's feudal government and launched the country into modernity

Writing is only good for recording names. Swordsmanship defeats one man — that's not worth learning. I want to learn what defeats ten thousand.

-- The 'Hegemon-King of Western Chu' whose raw military genius made him the most feared commander of ancient China's civil wars

Facts show a different face depending on how they are written.

-- Seicho Matsumoto

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

-- Anton Chekhov

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood... teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A vague anxiety.

-- Ryunosuke Akutagawa