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When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)

If you gave me several million years, there would be nothing that did not grow in beauty if it were surrounded by water. (Quote by - Jan Erik Vold)

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers. (Quote by - Horace)

There is indeed, perhaps, no better way to hold communion with the sea than sitting in the sun on the veranda of a fishermen's cafe. (Quote by - Joseph W. Beach)

In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch (Quote by - Louis Nizer)

The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else. (Quote by - D H Lawrence)

The weather here is gorgeous. It's mild and feels like it's in the eighties. The hot dog vendors got confused because of the weather and thought it was spring, so they accidentally changed the hot dog water in their carts. (Quote by - David Letterman)

The shrimp was lousy and the champagne tasted like water [at the Golden Globes] (Quote by - Ian McShane)

Water flows humbly to the lowest level. Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it. (Quote by - Lao-Tzu)

Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship. (Quote by - H.M. Tomlinson)

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. (Quote by - Rabindranath Tagore)

The great sea makes one a great sceptic. (Quote by - Richard Jefferies)

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. (Quote by - Nelson Mandela)

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. (Quote by - Bible)

The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east (Quote by - James Michener)

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared? (Quote by - Lily Tomlin)

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed. (Quote by - Buddha)

Ruth Badger needs to drink lots of water - about 10 glasses a day - as it's essential to get rid of toxins. (Quote by - Donna McColgan)

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. (Quote by - Henry Adams)

Expect poison from the standing water. (Quote by - William Blake)

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water. (Quote by - Ray Charles)

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. (Quote by - Bible)

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. (Quote by - Arthur Schopenhauer)

Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring, But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free, Whisky, or wine, or even beer is good enough for me. (Quote by - Anonymous)

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