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Settle with death each morning, and you move freely.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure, Book 1

The source

"Settle with death each morning, and you move freely." Yamamoto Tsunetomo said it in Hagakure, Book 1. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

"每朝、每夕、改めては死ぬ死ぬと、常住死身になりて居る時は、武道に自由を得"

Original Japanese, Hagakure, Book 1. Japanese: Hagakure, vol. 1 (1937 printing), NDL digital text.

Who said it

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719). Samurai turned monk whose spoken reflections were written down as Hagakure, Hidden by Leaves.

Questions

Who said "Settle with death each morning, and you move freely."?
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719). Source: Hagakure, Book 1.
What is the original Japanese?
每朝、每夕、改めては死ぬ死ぬと、常住死身になりて居る時は、武道に自由を得. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

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