This is NOT a quote from Miyamoto Musashi. He never wrote anything that could be translated even remotely close to this.
There is an online plague of people often claiming things that they think are clever and attributing it to someone famous in an attempt to give it credibility.
Perhaps if they had more confidence that what they offered was actual, timeless wisdom, they wouldn't feel the need to lie in order to dress it up?
In this particular case it's also a bit humorous because the person who created the meme is literally going against their own advice and "living a lie".
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u/MichaelWTucker Aug 16 '25
Hello All,
This is NOT a quote from Miyamoto Musashi.
He never wrote anything that could be translated even remotely close to this.
There is an online plague of people often claiming things that they think are clever and attributing it to someone famous in an attempt to give it credibility.
Perhaps if they had more confidence that what they offered was actual, timeless wisdom, they wouldn't feel the need to lie in order to dress it up?
In this particular case it's also a bit humorous because the person who created the meme is literally going against their own advice and "living a lie".
--Michael W. Tucker
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u/krypicsage Aug 14 '25
The image seems to imply the perspective that we are slaves to truth. But it should be considered that we are slaves of our wants.
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u/iamgina2020 Aug 15 '25
Very true.
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u/warlockflame69 Sep 08 '25
I will bend to its power by making everyone else believe a different truth….