907 Proverbs about Water / Page 12
221. No matter how wise you are, you cannot trace footsteps in water.
222. One only realises the importance of a well when the water dries up.
223. Quiet people are like still water their deep.
224. Running water can never jump over a hole in the ground.
225. Society is like a pot it can't carry water when its broken.
226. The fish that dirties the water will forever swim in dirty water.
227. The frog likes water but not when it's boiling.
228. The greatest crime in a desert is to find water and keep silent about it.
229. The water in your well can be very hot, but it will never cook your rice.
230. There is a good reason why natural water never runs at night.
231. There is no way you can pour water into a basket and expect the water to remain.
232. Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.
233. Water from another man's calabash tests differently.
234. Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
235. When all the water has gone, only the largest stones will remain on the riverbed.
236. When the bells are in water they can't make any sound.
237. When water stays for long it stinks.
238. You can take a goat to the river, but you can't make it drink the water.
239. You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water.
240. Every miller draws the water to his own mill.
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