Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
—W.H. Auden, 1957
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
—Toni Morrison, 1987Water astonishing and difficult altogether makes a meadow and a stroke.
—Gertrude Stein, 1914Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbIt is wretched business to be digging a well just as you’re dying of thirst.
—Plautus, c. 193 BCWhen you drink water, think of its source.
—Chinese proverbHe who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbA fool and water will go the way they are diverted.
—Ethiopian proverbThe smell of rain is rich with life.
—Estela Portillo Trambley, 1975Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain.
—Clover Adams, 1882Till taught by pain, / Men really know not what good water’s worth.
—Lord Byron, 1819Seek not water, only show you are thirsty, / That water may spring up all around you.
—Rumi, c. 1260