"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
"A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife."
Source: Matsuo Basho, “A Weathered Skeleton”
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Matsuo Basho
Poet
Matsuo Basho was a 17th-century Japanese poet known for his haiku, which deeply explore nature and the human experience.
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