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Water which is too pure has no fish
Water which is too pure has no fish
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's read more
Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday
 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.] 
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.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
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.