What did Matsuo Basho mean by: Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance. - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan Copy
+ This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Autumn, Bird, Clouds, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Path, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo’s cry/I long for Kyoto Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Matsuo Basho, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Individuality, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God. Feraz Zeid, June 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Matsuo Basho, Dawn, Flower, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets… Mountain-top jewels Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Jewels, Mountain, Sky, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Children, Moon, Poverty, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Old pond, leap-splash – a frog. Feraz Zeid, June 1, 2023January 10, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Frogs, Leap, Ponds, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life. - Letitia Elizabeth Landon Poet · England
Universal silence is taken to imply the consent of the people. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. - Jean-Paul Aron
There it is: I am gently slipping into the water’s depths, towards fear. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
If you should leave me, my heart will turn to water and flood away. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England