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

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Citation

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

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