Th123/Tenshi's Win Quotes English

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Versus Reimu Hakurei

Tenshi Hinanawi

You are too straightforward. Deviation means fulfillment.

That is, it's our deviations from the ideal that allow us

to fulfill our duty to live. It's a mental outlook.

(From Daodejing)

Versus Marisa Kirisame

Tenshi Hinanawi

Seems like you've become a slave to desire by collecting things.

If you want to find joy in life you should reject greed,

and cherish that decision as its own treasure.

(Last part is from Zuo Commentary)

Versus Sakuya Izayoi

Tenshi Hinanawi

No matter how hard you work, all that effort is going the wrong way if you're working under a devil.

Versus Youmu Konpaku

Tenshi Hinanawi

A clean death is worse than an unsightly life.

No matter how dismal your life is, it is better than dying.

Don't make light of life, even if you are a phantom.

(From the Tongzupian, a Qing Dynasty collection of Chinese proverbs.)

Versus Alice Margatroid

Tenshi Hinanawi

If you want your dolls to act in a group,

then study the form of water for strategies and tactics.

Adaptiveness is the key to victory.

(Repeating what Sun Tzu advocates in the Art of War)

Versus Patchouli Knowledge

Tenshi Hinanawi

What you're reading is only the scraps of the ancients' wisdom. The truly important lessons aren't written in a book.

(Quoting the text of Zhuangzi)

Versus Remilia Scarlet

Tenshi Hinanawi

It's not good to think that your subordinates will follow you forever.

Versus Yuyuko Saigyouji

Tenshi Hinanawi

Putting aside the matter that you're a ghost...

There's no salvation for someone who fills her stomach

all day and doesn't use her head for anything!

(Partly referring to the Analects.)

Versus Yukari Yakumo

Tenshi Hinanawi

There is no clear stream that springs from a muddy source. You are the reason why the youkai of Gensokyo are so irresponsible.

(Quoting the Zhenguan Zhengyao.)

Versus Suika Ibuki

Tenshi Hinanawi

You should drink until tipsy. Binge drinking until you're a tottering drunk is the worst.

(First line from Caigentan)

Versus Aya Shameimaru

Tenshi Hinanawi

Gossip is not wisdom.

If they are only written to fuel interest,

newspapers make a negative impact on society.

Versus Reisen Udongein Inaba

Tenshi Hinanawi

Leisure and comfort are the ruin of reputation.

By seeking a sense of security,

you appear to be hindering your own growth.

(First line from Zuo Commentary)

Versus Komachi Onozuka

Tenshi Hinanawi

Good! No matter how many times you come at me, I won't lose!

Tenshi Hinanawi

You still have an imprudent mouth for a Shinigami.

Tenshi Hinanawi

That said, the other Shinigami are far, far more unsettling.

Versus Iku Nagae

Tenshi Hinanawi

The geysers seem to be gushing up lately. They don't have anything to do with the keystone, probably.

Versus Tenshi Hinanawi

Tenshi Hinanawi

Ahh, studying is such a chore...

No matter how much I drill all these

ancient people's works into my head....

Versus Sanae Kochiya

Tenshi Hinanawi

To boast of one's talents is to lose one's merits, don't you agree? You should be aware that you were a human first before you were a god.

(First line is a quote from the Book of Documents)

Versus Cirno

Tenshi Hinanawi

With passion you forget to eat, with joy you forget your worries. Maybe the lifestyle that Confucius strove for was one like yours.

Versus Hong Meiling

Tenshi Hinanawi

Mount Tai does not leave any soil aside. You should thank the devil who could give you a place to be.

(The quote, from Records of the Grand Historian, is a metaphor for a leader who could include and tolerate subjects no matter what their origin.)

Versus Utsuho Reiuji

Tenshi Hinanawi

Say, you're not related to the earthquake on the surface, right? Right?

Tenshi Hinanawi

You're by yourself?

Tenshi Hinanawi

There were a number of others who came out from the underground. Are they your friends?

Versus Suwako Moriya

Tenshi Hinanawi

Virtue is the source of vendetta. The curse gods originally manifested from divine virtues.

(from the Chinese philosophical text Guanzi.)

Versus Anyone

Tenshi Hinanawi

A celestial descends to Earth to give advice from time to time. Buuuut, for me it's all advice that can't be put to action, isn't it.