"Ambition never comes to an end." — Yoshida Kenko
"Ambition never comes to an end."
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Yoshida Kenko
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18 Quotes by Yoshida Kenko
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Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long…
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On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at…
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Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing but the blossoms of the heart no wind can…
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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of…
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One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good…
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A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only…
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If life were eternal, all interest and anticipation would vanish. It is uncertainty which lends it fascination.
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You should never put the new antlers of a deer to your nose and smell them. They have little insects…
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Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.
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The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing…
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The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you, and to…
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In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one…
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
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