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Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
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.
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; read more
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any
person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not
expelled from him.
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.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
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.]
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.
