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«Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases»
«There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together»
«Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it»
«Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.»
«Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.»
«Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much...the wheel, New York, wars and so on...while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man...for precisely the same reason.»
«One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.»
«Muddy water, let stand - becomes clear»
«Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.»
«I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.»

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