I wish to die as Mori Rintaro, a man of Iwami.

余ハ石見人森林太郎トシテ死セント欲ス

Mori Ōgai

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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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Mori Ōgai's Other Quotes

In this human world, the path is never singular. There are always multiple paths.

To know sufficiency is itself happiness.

人の世には、道は一つということはない。道はいくつもある。

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Thank God, I have done my duty.

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He who is ashamed of slave origins is no true warrior.

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My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.

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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.

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わたしはこの「ぼんやりした不安」のために苦しんでいる。

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