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Sei Shonagon quotes: A man you've had to conceal in some unsatisfactory hiding place, who then begins to snore.

A man you've had to conceal in some unsatisfactory hiding place, who then begins to snore.

Sei Shonagon quotes: 185. It Is Getting So Dark I am the sort of person who approves of what others abhor and detests the things they like.

185. It Is Getting So Dark
I am the sort of person who approves of what others abhor and detests the things they like.

Sei Shonagon quotes: Women without prospect, who lead dull earnest lives and rejoice in their petty little pseudo-pleasures, I find quite depressing and despicable.

Women without prospect, who lead dull earnest lives and rejoice in their petty little pseudo-pleasures, I find quite depressing and despicable.

Sei Shonagon quotes: A good lover will behave just as elegantly at dawn as at any other time.

A good lover will behave just as elegantly at dawn as at any other time.

Sei Shonagon quotes: 27. TreesI shall say absolutely nothing about the spindle tree.

27. Trees
I shall say absolutely nothing about the spindle tree.

Sei Shonagon quotes: 185. It Is Getting So DarkWhatever people may think of my book, I still regret that it ever came to light.

185. It Is Getting So Dark
Whatever people may think of my book, I still regret that it ever came to light.

Sei Shonagon quotes: 8. The Cat Who Lived in the PalaceThe cat who lived in the Palace had been awarded the head-dress of nobility and was called Lady Myobu.

8. The Cat Who Lived in the Palace
The cat who lived in the Palace had been awarded the head-dress of nobility and was called Lady Myobu.

Sei Shonagon quotes: A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.

A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.

Sei Shonagon quotes: There is nothing in the whole world so painful as feeling that one is not liked.

There is nothing in the whole world so painful as feeling that one is not liked.

Sei Shonagon quotes: In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature.

In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature.

Sei Shonagon quotes: To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

Sei Shonagon quotes: How ever did I passthe time before I knew you?I think of that past timeas now I pass each passing dayin lonely sorrow, lacking you.

How ever did I pass
the time before I knew you?
I think of that past time
as now I pass each passing day
in lonely sorrow, lacking you.

Sei Shonagon quotes: Lighting some fine incense and then lying down alone to sleep. Looking into a Chinese mirror that's a little clouded.

Lighting some fine incense and then lying down alone to sleep. Looking into a Chinese mirror that's a little clouded.

Sei Shonagon quotes: A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity.

A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity.

Sei Shonagon quotes: 30. InsectsThe fly should have been included in my list of hateful things; for such an odious creature does not belong with ordinary insects ...

30. Insects
The fly should have been included in my list of hateful things; for such an odious creature does not belong with ordinary insects ...

Sei Shonagon quotes: If writing did not exist, what terrible depressions we should suffer from.

If writing did not exist, what terrible depressions we should suffer from.