Yukio Mishima
Full Name: Pseudonym of Kimitake Hiraoka
Birthdate: January 14, 1925
Birthplace: Shinjuku, Japan
Date of Death: November 25, 1970
Occupation: Actor, Author, Playwright, and Poet
Profile: Committed suicide (Seppuku) after an attempted coup d'état at the Tokyo headquarters of the Japan Ground Self Defence Force.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima
Number of Quotes: 1
Advice almost never functions as a social lubricant; eight or nine times out
of ten it makes people lose face, crushes their will, and creates a grudge.