WATER

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1. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.—Bible, Genesis 49:4
   

2. The noise of many waters.—Bible, Psalms 93:4
   

3. As water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again.—Bible, 2 Samuel 14:14
   

4. The waters wear the stones.—Bible, Job 14:19

5. Water, water, everywhere,
   Nor any drop to drink.—COLERIDGE, The Ancient Mariner
   

6. Everywhere water is a thing of beauty, gleaming in the dewdrop; singing in the summer rain; shining in the ice-gems till the leaves all seem to turn to living jewels; spreading a golden veil over the setting sun; or a white gauze around the midnight moon.—J. B. GOUGH, A Glass of Water
   

7. Here's to old Adam's crystal ale,
   Clear sparkling and divine,
   Fair H2O, long may you flow,
   We drink your health (in wine).—OLIVER HERFORD, Toast: Adam's Crystal Ale
   

8. Water washes everything.—Proverb
   

9. In smooth water God help me; in rough water
   I will help myself.—Proverb
   

10. Dirty water does not wash clean.—Proverb
    

11. Foul water will quench fire.—Proverb
    

12. We never miss the water till the well runs dry.—Proverb
    

13. Oil on troubled waters.—Proverb
    

14. Still waters run deep.—Proverb
    

15. The waves settled placidly over his head,
    And his last remark was a bubble.—INNES RANDOLPH, A Fish Story
    

16. Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner,
    Honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.—SHAKESPEARE, Timon of Athens
    

17. Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.—SHAKESPEARE, Sonnet CLIV