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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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A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.

A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Water Quotes,
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Water is the mother of the vine,
The nurse and fountain of fecundity,
The adorner and refresher read more

Water is the mother of the vine,
The nurse and fountain of fecundity,
The adorner and refresher of the world.

by Charles Mackay Found in: Water Quotes,
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I'm very fond of water:
It ever must delight
Each mother's son and daughter,--
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I'm very fond of water:
It ever must delight
Each mother's son and daughter,--
When qualified aright.

by Lord Charles Neaves Found in: Water Quotes,
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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

by African Proverb Found in: Water Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Water Quotes,
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A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

by Tom Brown Found in: Water Quotes,
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'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.

by Elizabeth Oakes Smith Found in: Water Quotes,
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The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.

The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.

by Isak Dinesen Found in: Water Quotes,
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