I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea. Votes: 2
Miguel de CervantesWealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Votes: 2
Arthur SchopenhauerWealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous Votes: 0
Arthur SchopenhauerThe colors that show best by candlelight are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green. Votes: 0
Francis BaconNot all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King; Votes: 0
William ShakespeareWater adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea. Votes: 0
Miyamoto MusashiMetaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming. Votes: 0
Roberto BolanoYou cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea. Votes: 0
Yasmin MogahedThe sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water. Votes: 0
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaFishes and tales And a fisherman's daughter Walks in the rain, She walks to the water To the sea. Votes: 0
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