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Soseki Quotes — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes from Soseki, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   No human is without selfishness

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese利己心のない人間はいない

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2. 4

   Reckless by nature, I've always lost out

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese親譲りの無鉄砲で損ばかりしている

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3. 8

   Self-reliance is what saved me

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese自己本位、これが私を救ってくれた

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4. 16

   Everyone wants to believe they're the exception

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese人は自分だけは例外だと思いたがる

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5. 32

   I only wanted to be an honest man

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese私は正直な男になりたかったのです

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6. 64

   I'll live on the word: loneliness

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese私は寂寞を糧に生きる

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7. 128

   Those without will to grow are fools

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese精神的に向上心のない者は馬鹿だ

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8. 256

   However you look, the world is hard to live in

   — Soseki

   Original · Japaneseとかくに人の世は住みにくい

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9. 512

   Live by reason, you clash; by feeling, you drift

   — Soseki

   Original · Japanese智に働けば角が立つ、情に棹させば流される

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10. 1024

    I was born carrying loneliness itself

    — Soseki

    Original · Japanese私は寂しみの種を抱いて生まれた

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    I am a cat. I have no name yet

    — Soseki

    Original · Japanese吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。

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13. 4096

    Wait a hundred years. I will come.

    — Soseki

    Original · Japanese百年待っていて下さい。きっと逢いに来ますから。

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14. 8192

    We pay for freedom with loneliness

    — Soseki

    Original · Japanese自由と独立と己れとに充ちた現代に生れた我々は、その犠牲としてみんなこの淋しみを味わわなくてはならないでしょう。

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15. 16384

    Follow heaven, forsake the self

    — Soseki

    Original · Japanese則天去私

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16. 32768

    Climbing the mountain path, I thought to myself

    — Soseki

    Original · Japanese山路を登りながら、こう考えた。

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17. 65536

    I had a dream like this

    — Soseki

    Original · Japaneseこんな夢を見た。

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18. 131072

    Remember — I am a man who has lived like this

    — Soseki

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