Tokugawa Ieyasu:

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

— Tokugawa Ieyasu Early Modern

Unified Japan, Tokugawa shogunate

A philosophical maxim on accepting life's hardships.

17th century (approx. 1603-1616)

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