Ihara Saikaku Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: 1642 - September 9, 1693
Birthday: 1642
Death: September 9
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.
source: Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)”, Cambridge University Press
topic: Fate, Essentials, Fortune, Insufficient
