“No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly... and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.”
— Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji
Shikibu, the 11th-century author of the world's first novel, on the importance of wholehearted commitment.
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