Rivers Quotes

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We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years. — Winston Churchill
The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years. — Brian Clough
You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it. — Paulo Coelho
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. — Stephen Ambrose
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right. — Maya Angelou
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. — Minna Antrim
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like… — Laozi
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them.… — Laozi
To trace the history of a river . . . is to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind descending and… — Gretel Ehrlich
The Mississippi River carries the mud of thirty states and two provinces 2,000 miles south to the delta and deposits 500 million tons of it… — Charles Kuralt
Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers, or… — Robert E. Lee
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into… — Gloria Steinem
The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive the most strongly. Home, in… — J. G. Holland
Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you. — Sun Tzu
The Stone of Guilt in the River of the Mind, the block in the flow of intelligence. — Swami Nithyananda
A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself. — Laura Gilpin
To live by a large river is to be kept in the heart of things. — John Haines
the mighty main sea is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers. — Anaximenes of Miletus
Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportional to its size, and… — John Playfair
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play;… — Edward Gargan

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