“ Let us be sure that the lady of our choice possesses certain tangible qualities that we admire; and if in other ways she falls short of our ideal, we must be patient and call to mind those qualities that first induced us to begin our courting. ”
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu- Copy
“ The number of those who have nothing to recommend them and of those in whom nothing but good can be found is probably equal ”
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu- Copy
“ Let us be sure that the lady of our choice possesses certain tangible qualities that we admire; and if in other ways she falls short of our ideal, we must be patient and call to mind those qualities that first induced us to begin our courting. ”
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu- Copy
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