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If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
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.
Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's read more
Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday
What, man! more water glideth by the mill
That wots the miller of; and easy it is
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What, man! more water glideth by the mill
That wots the miller of; and easy it is
Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know:
Though Bassianus be the emperor's brother,
Better then he have worn Vulcan's badge.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
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.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
