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Don't copy anyone. Pick gear that fits your own hand.

Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Knowing Your Weapons)

The source

"Don't copy anyone. Pick gear that fits your own hand." Miyamoto Musashi said it in The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Knowing Your Weapons). Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

"人まねをせずとも、我身に隨ひ武道具は手にあふ樣に有べし"

Original Japanese, The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Knowing Your Weapons). Japanese: Miyamoto Musashi (Kinkodo, 1909), NDL digital text.

Who said it

Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645). Undefeated swordsman who wrote The Book of Five Rings in a cave a few weeks before he died.

Questions

Who said "Don't copy anyone. Pick gear that fits your own hand."?
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645). Source: The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Knowing Your Weapons).
What is the original Japanese?
人まねをせずとも、我身に隨ひ武道具は手にあふ樣に有べし. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

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