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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 ...

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