Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Matsuo Basho quotes, Matsuo Basho sayings, and Matsuo Basho proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
The moon is brighter since the barn burned.Matsuo Basho
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Everyday is a journey,and the journey itself is home.Matsuo Basho
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.Matsuo Basho
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Year's end, all corners of this floating world, swept.Matsuo Basho
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Year by year, the monkey's mask reveals the monkey.Matsuo Basho
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.Matsuo Basho
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest.Matsuo Basho
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Twilight whippoorwill... Whistle on, sweet deepener Of dark loneliness.Matsuo Basho
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.Matsuo Basho
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The first cold shower / even the monkey seems to want / a little coat of strawMatsuo Basho
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Year’s end, all / corners of this / floating world, swept.Matsuo Basho
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On a journey, ill, / And over fields all withered, dreams / Go wandering still.Matsuo Basho
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I'm a wanderer / so let that be my name — / the first winter rain Matsuo Basho
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Taking a nap, / feet planted / against a cool wall.Matsuo Basho
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Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.Matsuo Basho
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bambooMatsuo Basho
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a cuckoo cries and through a thicket of bamboo the late moon shines.Matsuo Basho
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.Matsuo Basho
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A field of cotton-- / as if the moon / had flowered.Matsuo Basho
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Heat waves shimmering / one or two inches / above the dead grass.Matsuo Basho
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Teeth sensitive to the sand / in salad greens-- / I'm getting old.Matsuo Basho
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old, seek what they sought.Matsuo Basho
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.Matsuo Basho
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My barn having burned to the ground, / I can now see the moon.Matsuo Basho