Streams may spring from one source and yet some may be clear and some be foul.

What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turbid at its source?

Actually, the flow should be a tiny bit less than the demand.

So Shower Heads, You Take a Shower, the Water Doesn’t Come Out. You Wanna Wash Your Hands, the Water Doesn’t Come Out…Dishwashers, You Didn’t Have Any Water…In Most Places of the Country, Water Is Not a Problem. They Don’t Know What Do With It. It’s Called Rain

Them folks who are sudden, aint apt tew be solid; lively streams are alwus shallow.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.

The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.

"He looked a moment at his "unsteadfast footing," then let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. A piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. How slowly it appeared to move! What a sluggish stream!"

...through the loss of most of its tributaries, and the failure of others, ceased to flow—although even now, in time of great floods above, its waters have occasionally reached the ocean.

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They're not the kind of mountain stream
you can build a dam across.

Stale water is a poor drink,” said Annlaw. “Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.

Stale water is a poor drink,' said Annlaw. 'Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.

No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.

Because he’s only a little boat looking for a harbor.