Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
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For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any
person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not
expelled from him.

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.

A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, read more

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
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'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
And wild in eager flow.
The earth is dried and parched with heat,
And it hath long'd to be
Released from out the selfish cloud,
To cool the thirsty tree.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.