"Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part."

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Source : Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press

Kobayashi Issa

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“Work with your mind; don't let your mind work over you.”
“A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in guiding an ill-trained mind.”
“Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.”
“Yes, there are dangerous batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina. Yes, the bowling is striking form just at the right time but for me MS Dhoni's captaincy is India's biggest strength in this World Cup.”
“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”

Source : Attributed to Rommel‎'s "Infanterie Greift An" ("Infantry Attacks") (1937), in "World War II: The Definitive Visual History: from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb" by Richard Holmes, p. 128, 2009.
“Faith in our associates is part of our faith in God.”
“Life may more than once call upon you to prove Who You Are by demonstrating an aspect of Who You Are Not.”
“I'ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin', I'ma smile back.”

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