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> [“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under a lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/the-pleasantest-of-all-diversions-is-to-sit-alone-under-a-lamp-a-book/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

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## Other authors on Diversion

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## More by Yoshida Kenkō

> [It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/it-is-a-most-wonderful-comfort-to-sit-alone-beneath-a-lamp-book/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/one-should-write-not-unskillfully-in-the-running-hand-be-able-to-sing/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [The true criminal must be defined as a man who commits a crime though he is as decently fed and clothed as others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/the-true-criminal-must-be-defined-as-a-man-who-commits-a-crime-though/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/in-everything-no-matter-what-it-may-be-uniformity-is-undesirable/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [There is nothing finer than to be alone with nothing to distract you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/there-is-nothing-finer-than-to-be-alone-with-nothing-to-distract-you/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“It is a great error to be superior to others…It is such pride as this that makes a man appear a fool, makes him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/it-is-a-great-error-to-be-superior-to-others-it-is-such-pride-as-this/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under a lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/the-pleasantest-of-all-diversions-is-to-sit-alone-under-a-lamp-a-book/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/in-everything-no-matter-what-it-may-be-uniformity-is-undesirable-2/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/if-you-must-take-care-that-your-opinions-do-not-differ-in-the-least/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“Jos kaiken aikaa täytyy varoa olemasta eri mieltä keskustelukumppaninsa kanssa, tuntuu kuin loppujen lopuksi olisi aivan yksin. But such a man there cannot be;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/jos-kaiken-aikaa-t-ytyy-varoa-olemasta-eri-mielt/)

[Yoshida Kenkō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“It is a fine thing when a man who thoroughly understands a subject is unwilling to open his mouth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/it-is-a-fine-thing-when-a-man-who-thoroughly-understands-a-subject-is/)

[Yoshida Kenkō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“Well! Being born into this world there are, I suppose, many aims which we may strive to attain. The Imperial Throne of the Mikado…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/well-being-born-into-this-world-there-are-i-suppose-many-aims-which/)

[Yoshida Kenkō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so, when months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/as-a-rule-the-tales-which-get-abroad-in-the-world-are-false-people/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [What a strange, demented feeling it gives me when I realize I have spent whole days before this ink stone, with nothing better to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/what-a-strange-demented-feeling-it-gives-me-when-i-realize-i-have/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/on-a-moonlit-night-after-a-snowfall-or-under-cherry-blossoms-it-adds/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

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