Best water & dirt Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.”

Ifs Should Trying Water Clear Useless Dirt Muddy

Book:Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

“The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.”

Way Mind Water Prove Faults Bottom Best Way Streams Purity Convince Dirt Transparency Clearness Convince Us

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq

“After all, there is such a thing as looking like a gentleman. There are men whose class no dirt or rags can hide, any more than they could Ulysses. I have seen such men in plenty among workmen, too; but, on the whole, the gentleman--by whom I do not mean just now the rich--have the superiority in that point. But not, please God, forever. Give us the same air, water, exercise, education, good society, and you will see whether this "haggardness," this "coarseness" (etc., for the list is too long to specify), be an accident, or a property, of the man of the people.”

People Men Giving Mean Long Whole Water Class Forever Rich Air He Man Exercise Please Property Accidents Lists Plenty Gentleman Etc Dirt Superiority Rags Workmen Ulysses

Author:Charles Kingsley

“it was my first doll that water went into and water came out of much earlier it was the diaper I wore and the dirt thereof and my mother hating me for it”

Firsts Mother Hate Water Childhood Dirt Dolls Diapers

Author:Anne Sexton

“Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.”

Mean Doe Grows Water Effort Tree Feet Plant Holes Martial Arts Dedicated Dirt

Author:Ed Parker

“Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside; or a grimy palace amid the same with a regiment of housemaids always working to smear the dirt together so that it may be unnoticed; which, think you, is the most refined, the most fit for a gentleman of those two dwellings?”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)

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