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Quotes from Sei Shonagon

If someone with whom one is having an affair keeps on mentioning some woman whom he knew in the past, however long ago it is since they separated, one is always irritated.
~ Sei Shonagon
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.
~ Sei Shonagon
A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.
~ Sei Shonagon
A good lover will behave just as elegantly at dawn as at any other time.
~ Sei Shonagon
A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.
~ Sei Shonagon