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    How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,
    As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips!
    Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it,
    The brightest that beauty or revelry sips.

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Pouring oil on troubled water.

Pouring oil on troubled water.

by Bede "the Venerable" Found in: Water Quotes,
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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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Water which is too pure has no fish

Water which is too pure has no fish

by Afghan Proverb Found in: Water Quotes,
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The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

by Lily Tomlin Found in: Water Quotes,
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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.]

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Still waters run no mills.

Still waters run no mills.

by Unknown Found in: Water Quotes,
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There is no small pleasure in sweet water.
[Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]

There is no small pleasure in sweet water.
[Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]

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Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, read more

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

by Lao Tzu Found in: Water Quotes,
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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

by Zora Neale Hurston Found in: Water Quotes,
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