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Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; read more
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.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
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.
Water which is too pure has no fish
Water which is too pure has no fish
Pouring oil on troubled water.
Pouring oil on troubled water.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"