Alexander Pope Quotes, Play Quotes, Water Quotes

And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.

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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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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.

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Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

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How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!

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You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

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

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Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.

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When you drink of the water, don't forget the spring from which it flows.

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Whoever knows he is deep tries to be clear, but whoever wants to seem deep to the crowd tries to be obscure. For the crowd supposes that anything it cannot see to the bottom must be deep: it is so timid and goes so unwillingly into the water.

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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?

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

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No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.

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We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to.

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

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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

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Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents.

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