Do not buy fertile fields for your children and grandchildren.
人を相手にせず、天を相手にせよ。天を相手にして己を尽くし、人を咎めず。

Military Strategists
Saigō Takamori
The charismatic giant who led Japan's Meiji Restoration through force of personality and moral authority (1828-1877). Saigo Takamori toppled the shogunate, built the new army, then rebelled against the very government he created — dying as the 'last samurai' in a final stand for a vanishing world.
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