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Lafcadio Hearn has 47 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to learn to…
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The fact, however, to which I want to call attention is that the master of Judo never relies upon his own strength.…
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I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or…
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No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then…
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All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.
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In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required…
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The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in…
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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great…
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune…
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The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no…
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A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor…
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman…
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Put Your Spouse First: When the children are grown and move out of the home, who will be left but your spouse?…
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To be human is to be in the tense condition of a death-foreseeing, consciously libidinous animal. No other earthly creature suffers such…
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It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is…
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