Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
MATSUO BASHOLearn the rules, and then forget them.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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