James Joyce Quotes, Mother Quotes, Water Quotes

When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And when I makes water I makes water.

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The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Water Quotes , Listening Quotes

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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That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimms, and makes it indistinct As water is in water

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Here are your waters and your watering place. Drink and be whole again beyond confusion.

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The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

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Tags : Horace Quotes , Stupid Quotes , Water Quotes

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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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Buddhist Quotes , Water Quotes

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.

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Tags : William Wordsworth Quotes , Lakes Quotes , Water Quotes

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Water Quotes , Stones Quotes

By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Practice Quotes , Water Quotes

The body is only a tool of the mind. What the mind dictates the body will have to obey. Now I do not even think of water. I do not miss it at all.... I see I can do anything.

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Water Quotes

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

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Tags : Aeschylus Quotes , Drinking Quotes , Water Quotes

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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Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Snakes Quotes , Water Quotes

A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as dot an inland brook Into the main of waters.

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The wave is the same thing as the water, the effect is the cause in another form

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Water Quotes , Causes Quotes

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

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The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

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The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Convince Us Quotes , Water Quotes

Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

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Tags : Laozi Quotes , Strong Quotes , Water Quotes

There is no small pleasure in pure water.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Water Quotes , Small Pleasures Quotes