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Murasaki Shikibu - No art or learning is to be pursued...
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it. (Murasaki Shikibu)

No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.

Murasaki Shikibu

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