Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same, while in the still pools the shifting foam gathers and is gone, never staying for a moment. Even so is man and his habitation.

Kamo no Chomei

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Topic

Rivers Water The only constant is change Impermanence The human condition

Author

Kamo no Chomei

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Japanese

Time

1212 1210s 13th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Japan Asia

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kamo no Chomei. 方丈記 [An Account of My Hut]. c. 1212.

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The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable.

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