"The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest."

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Compensation is counterintuitive:  The more treasure you give away to those who serve well, the more treasure will return to you.  But few people perceive this simple truth.  Most try to keep as much as they can for themselves and give little away.  That's why their purses refuse to fatten.

— Toyotomi Hideyoshi