Fountain

Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.

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Famous quotes containing the word fountain:

    “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 5:18-19.

    “From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.”
    —Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)

    “A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)