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Murasaki Shikibu

“It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority. Especially one-sided persons are troublesome. Few are accomplished in many arts and most cling narrowly to their own opinion.”

Murasaki Shikibu , Diaries of court ladies of old Japan
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Diaries of court ladies of old Japan Diaries of court ladies of old Japan by Annie Shepley Omori
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