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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon 

Penguin Classics, Transl. Ivan Morris, 1967, Reprinted 1984

Paperback

    "62. Annoying Things 

One has sent someone a poem (or a reply to a poem) and, after the messenger has left, thinks of a couple of words that  ought to be changed. 

One has sewn something in a hurry. The task seems finished, but on pulling out the needle one discovers that one forgot to knot the end of the thread. It is also very  annoying to find that one has sewn something back to front."