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Date Masamune
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“Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; Benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness.”
Date Masamune (1567–1636) said by 1636 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Nitobe Inazō, Bushido: The Soul of Japan, 13th ed. (1908), pp. 37–38
“Propriety carried beyond right bounds becomes a lie.”
Date Masamune (1567–1636) said by 1636 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Nitobe Inazō, Bushido: The Soul of Japan, 13th ed. (1908), p. 56