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Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Age: 60 †
Born: 1659
Born: June 11
Died: 1719
Died: November 30
Bushi
Philosopher
Writer
Hizen Domain
Lying
Gamble
War
Yards
Tell
Useless
Persons
Ahead
Person
Seven
Men
Lies
Hundred
Within

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