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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est read more
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est opus,
Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.]
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.
A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
