Matsuo Basho

Quotes by Matsuo Basho

• The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

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• Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

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• Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers-Like our tendrilled life.

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• Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.

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• Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.

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• The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.

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• The old pond-A frog leaps in, and a splash.

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• The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound.

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