Water Clocks

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or clocks:

“Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before ‘tis a peascod, or a codling when ‘tis almost an apple. ‘Tis with him in standing water between boy and man.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)