From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
MATSUO BASHOReal poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
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