Unceasingly the river flows and yet the water is never the same. Where the currents meet, bubbles of foam appear on the surface of the water - bursting to disappear, while others rise to replace them. None lasts. It's the same with people and their dwellings in this world: everything is constantly changing.
From the "Hōjōki" of Kamo no Chōmei from the year 1211.
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