907 Proverbs about Water / Page 9
161. We never know the worth of water until the well is dry.
162. Fire is love and water sorrow.
163. You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
164. Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
165. An unjust king is like a river without water.
166. Any water in the desert will do.
167. Don't pour away your water on the strength of a mirage.
168. He fled from the rain and sat down under the waterspout.
169. Shallow waters mak' maist din.
170. To threaten the brave with death is like promising water to a duck.
171. You cannot carry two watermelons in one hand.
172. The fish that can see that its water is getting shallower, cannot be stranded.
173. Every river knows where its water would not be soaked up into the earth, and that is where it flows past.
174. Who says the oasis in the desert is happy because of its hidden spring of water?
175. It is a pot of water that is already half full that the world would like to help in filling to the brim.
176. Anyone who urinates in a stream should be warned because any of his relatives may drink from the water.
177. A clay pot of water is never hot-tempered.
178. A pad that breaks a pot of water does not remain on the head.
179. From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water.
180. Some birds avoid the water, ducks look for it.
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