Quotes of Yoshida Kenkō - somelinesforyou

“ [Life] is like a go player who, not wasting a move, gets the jump on his opponent by sacrificing a small advantage to achieve a great one. It is easy, of course, to sacrifice three stones in order to get ten. The hard thing is to sacrifice ten stones in order to gain eleven. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ Ambition never comes to an end. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō

“ To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is pleasure beyond compare. ”

- Yoshida Kenkō
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