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Yoshida Kenkō

“In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth. Someone once told me, "Even when building the imperial palace, they always leave one place unfinished." In both Buddhist and Confucian writings of the philosophers of former times, there are also many missing chapters.”

Yoshida Kenko, Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō
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Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō by Yoshida Kenkō
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