"Though a man excels in everything, unless he……" — Yoshida Kenko
"Though a man excels in everything, unless he has been a lover his life is lonely, and he may be likened to a jewelled cup which can contain no wine."
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18 Quotes by Yoshida Kenko
Yoshida Kenko has 18 quotes on this site.
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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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Ambition never comes to an end.
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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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