English Water

Famous quotes containing the words english and/or water:

    “The difference is wide that the sheets will not decide.”
    —English proverb, collected in John Ray, English Proverbs (1670)

    “Dying smokers sense
    Walking towards them through some dappled park
    As if on water that unfocused she
    No match lit up, nor drag ever brought near....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)