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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the read more
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
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'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
And wild in eager flow.
The earth is dried and parched with heat,
And it hath long'd to be
Released from out the selfish cloud,
To cool the thirsty tree.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
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.]
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.