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    Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring,
    But who am I that I should have the best of anything?
    Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,
    Whisky, or wine, or even beer is good enough for me.

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Beware of silent dogs and still waters.

Beware of silent dogs and still waters.

by Portuguese Proverb Found in: Water Quotes,
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Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

by Albert Szent-gyorgyi Found in: Water Quotes,
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The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

by Pamela Hansford Johnson Found in: Water Quotes,
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I'm very fond of water:
It ever must delight
Each mother's son and daughter,--
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I'm very fond of water:
It ever must delight
Each mother's son and daughter,--
When qualified aright.

by Lord Charles Neaves Found in: Water Quotes,
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And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

by Robert Southey Found in: Water Quotes,
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And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

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

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

by German Proverb Found in: Water Quotes,
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Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.

Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Water Quotes,
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The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the read more

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the sea.

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