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To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.

Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)”, Cambridge University Press
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.