Water Skin

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or skin:

    If water is too clear, it will not contain fish; people who are too cautious will never gain wisdom.
    Chinese proverb.

    Just as bones, tissues, intestines, and blood vessels are enclosed in a skin that makes it possible to bear the sight of a human being, so the agitations and passions of the soul are wrapped up in vanity: it is the soul’s skin.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)