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it is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor.

Eiji Yoshikawa

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Eiji Yoshikawa
Age: 70 †
Born: 1892
Born: January 1
Died: 1962
Died: September 7
Journalist
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Yoshikawa Eiji
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Don't yield! Keep up your courage! The same sun looks down on all of us!
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The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.
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Great character is forged through hardships.
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Oh, you crows! Feast away! What a spread! Soup straight from the eye sockets! And thick red sake! But don't have too much Or you'll surely get drunk.
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