"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
"Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life."
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Source: The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches. Book by Matsuo Bashō, 1966.
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