Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
MATSUO BASHO
Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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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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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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