Water Clocks

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or clocks:

    “By constant dripping, water hollows stone,
    A signet-ring from use alone grows thin,
    And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “all the clocks in the city
    Began to whirr and chime:
    “O let not Time deceive you,
    You cannot conquer Time.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)