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Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain.

—Clover Adams, 1882

The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, / And drinks, and gapes for drink again.

—Abraham Cowley, 1656

What water gives, water takes away.

—Portuguese proverb

When you drink water, think of its source.

—Chinese proverb

I drink for the thirst to come.

—François Rabelais, 1535

Far water cannot quench near fire.

—Japanese proverb

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.

—Claude Monet, 1908

If you stain clear water with filth, you will never find a drink.

—Aeschylus, 458 BC

Best is water.

—Pindar, 476 BC

He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.

—Italian proverb

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

—Toni Morrison, 1987

Spit not in the well; you may have to drink its water.

—French proverb

Too often, where we need water we find guns.

—Ban Ki-moon, 2008