#disgrace

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Takamasa Saegusa: 'Seigen, a mere member of the Toudouza, had the effrontery to sully the sacred dueling ground. For that reason, our lord had already decided to subject him to tu-uchi before long. Cut off his head immediately, and stick it on a pike!' Gennosuke could hardly believe his ears. Such an insult to Irako Seigen was unwarranted. It was pride. For Gennosuke, Irako Seigen was pride itself. Takamasa Saegusa: 'Fujiki Gennosuke! It is the way of the samurai to take the head of the defeated enemy on the battleground. Do not hesitate! If you are a samurai, you must carry out the duty of a samurai!' Samurai... Saegusa, Lord of Izu, continued shouting, but Gennosuke did not attend. That word 'samurai' alone reverberated through his body. If one aims at the juncture between the base of the skull and the spine, decapitation is not that difficult, but Gennosuke could muster no more strength than a baby. He grew pale and trembled with the strain. He could only hack with his sword as if he were sawing wood. He felt nauseated, as if his own cells one after another were being annihilated. But this... Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga: 'I approve.' Takamasa Saegusa: 'Fujiki Gennosuke, for this splendid action you have received words of thanks from our lord. As a sign of his exceptional approval, you shall be given employment at Sunpu Castle. This great debt will by no means be forgotten. From this day forward you must offer your life to our lord!' Prostrating himself, Gennosuke vomited.


Takayuki Yamaguchi


#class #class-distinction #conflict #disgrace #dishonor

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.


Chanakya


#brings #causes #day #die #disgrace

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.


James Thomson


#disgrace #happy #man #natural #natural state

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.


Ulysses S. Grant


#find #labor #man #men #occasionally

Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover.


Edward Grey


#apart #bargain #country #disgrace #expense

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.


Hesiod


#idleness #which #work

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.


Hesiod


#against #deprived #disgrace #himself #man

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.


Milton Berle


#inconvenient #poverty #terribly

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.


Andrew Cuomo


#backwards #blush #boss #corruption #could

It's as if our electric grid didn't even have fences around it. This is disgraceful what we do, and what we don't do, to protect the Internet.


Paul Vixie


#disgraceful #electric #even #fences #grid