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The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.
The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
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.
Beware of silent dogs and still waters.
Beware of silent dogs and still waters.
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.
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
