Tag: water conservation

Doing it for Ourselves, 1.2: Water Conservation

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. 
~Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

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There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed. 
~Mohandas K. Gandhi

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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. 
~Native American Proverb

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Opie, you haven’t finished your milk.  We can’t put it back in the cow, you know. 
~Aunt Bee Taylor, The Andy Griffith Show

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Water is the best of all things.  ~Pindar (C. 522-C. 438 B.C.), Olympian Odes

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Water has no taste, no color, no odor; it cannot be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself. It fills us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.  ~Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939