Dante Alighieri Quotes, Sea Quotes, Water Quotes

To course across more kindly waters now my talent's little vessel lifts her sails, leaving behind herself a sea so cruel; and what I sing will be that second kingdom, in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.

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As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

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To fish in troubled waters.

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There is no room for the impurities of literature in an essay.... the essay must be pure--pure like water or pure like wine, but pure from dullness, deadness, and deposits of extraneous matter.

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A snake came to my water trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pajamas for the heat, To drink there.

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Less oft peace in Shelley's mind, Than calm in waters seen.

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Women's weapon, water-drops.

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If a big wave came at the wrong moment, it would sweep me off into forty-eight-degree water, where I might last twenty minutes. Drowning quickly might be better.

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The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.

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One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.

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Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

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Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.

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As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]

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a wild dedication of yourselves To undiscovered waters, undreamed shores.

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When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

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I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.

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"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)

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When you drink water, don't forget the fountain.

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Water cannot rise higher than its source, neither can human reason.

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