Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain.
—Clover Adams, 1882
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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, / And drinks, and gapes for drink again.
—Abraham Cowley, 1656What water gives, water takes away.
—Portuguese proverbWhen you drink water, think of its source.
—Chinese proverbI drink for the thirst to come.
—François Rabelais, 1535Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbThese landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908If you stain clear water with filth, you will never find a drink.
—Aeschylus, 458 BCBest is water.
—Pindar, 476 BCHe who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
—Toni Morrison, 1987Spit not in the well; you may have to drink its water.
—French proverbToo often, where we need water we find guns.
—Ban Ki-moon, 2008