"No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "...and any art worth learning… — Murasaki Shikibu
"No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it."
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Think not that I have come in quest of common flowers; but rather to bemoan the loss of one whose scent has vanished from the air.
You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay.
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