Traditional Proverbs & Sayings on Water (27 Proverbs)
- Ah my friends, therein lies a wonderful challenge indeed, to seek out that noble and good. Seek it and you shall find it. Let the past drift away with the water.
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- If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water. So be a channel.
(Traditional Proverb)
- Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
(Traditional Proverb)
- Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls.
(Traditional Proverb)
- Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water.
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- As much use as a yard of pump water.
(Traditional Proverb)
- Rivers do not drink their own water. Trees do not eat their own fruit. Clouds do not swallow their own rain. What great ones have is always for the benefit of others.
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- Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.
(Traditional Proverb)
- Once you pour the water out of the bucket it's hard to get it back in it.
(Traditional Proverb)
- No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
(Traditional Proverb)
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