Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
MATSUO BASHOClapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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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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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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