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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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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

by Rachel Carson Found in: Water Quotes,
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The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.

The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Water Quotes,
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OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Water Quotes,
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The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.

The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.

by Isak Dinesen Found in: Water Quotes,
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I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

by Larry Neal Found in: Water Quotes,
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Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any read more

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
The very deep did rot: O Christ!
That ever this should be!
Yes, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Water Quotes,
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The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.

The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.

by Robert Burton Found in: Water Quotes,
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Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through
it. The river was cut by the world's read more

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through
it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over
rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are
timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of
the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.

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"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

by Robert Southey Found in: Water Quotes,
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