The way of the samurai: rectitude or justice, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty, and self-control.

Paraphrased from Bushido, The Soul of Japan,1900, by Doctor Inazo Nitobe, inThe Chrysanthemum and The Sword,1946, by Ruth Benedict





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