I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est read more

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est opus,
Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.]

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

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

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

Till taught by pain,
Men really know not what good water's worth;
If you had been in read more

Till taught by pain,
Men really know not what good water's worth;
If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,
Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,
Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,
You'd wish yourself where Truth is--in a well.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.