Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
MATSUO BASHOI felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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