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Quotations
Swimming against the current is not stupid, if the waters are flowing toward a waterfall. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 14 likes | |
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, yet for attacking things that are hard and strong there is nothing that surpasses it, nothing that can take its place. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 11 likes | |
They muddy the water, to make it seem deep — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 9 likes | |
Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container. — Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet 8 likes | |
Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep. — William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer 6 likes | |
When the well is dry we know the value of water. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 5 likes | |
Love is the water of life, jump into this water. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 2 likes | |
Water’s like me. It’s laaazy … Boy, it always looks for the easiest way to do things. | |
There are only three gems on earth: water, food and sweet speech. They are fools who dig out stones and call them gems. | |
Water is the soul of the Earth. | |
We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist | |
Human nature is water, not stone. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist | |
During a siege, a young man carrying two buckets of water shouted: “six coins for a bucket of water!” A bomb fell and destroyed a bucket. “Twelve coins for a bucket of water!” the young man continued undisturbed. | |
Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool. |
Quotes in Verse
I'm sorry I let go a wide river between my fingers without drinking a drop. |
Ancient Greek
The best, however, [is] water Άριστον μεν ύδωρ. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 6 likes | |
If you pollute clear water with mud, you shall never find to drink. Βορβόρω θ’ ύδωρ λαμπρόν μιαίνων ούποθ’ ευρήσεις ποτόν. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Eumenides 4 likes |