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"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories" Quotes
"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of human nature, truth, and morality through a variety of historical and contemporary settings.
Quotes
The world is not beautiful; therefore it is.
To make a man covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
Life's tragedy begins with the bond between parent and child.
The more shallow a person is, the more they like to delve into their own character.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
What good are dreams if they are not converted into reality?
Time was the only thing I had plenty of. Time was all I had.
The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core. Scratch a lover and find a foe.
The strong devour the weak, that is the law of nature.
