“My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
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American poet 1894–1962Related quotes
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“The beloved does not drink a single drop of water without seeing His Face in the cup.”
Mansur Al-Hallaj (858–922) Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and teacher of Sufism
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“In former days I wanted wine to drink;
The wine this morning fills the cup in vain.”
Tao Yuanming (365–427) Chinese poet
Second of three poems ("Three Dirges") written by Tao Yuanming in 427, the same year he died at the age of 63, and often read as poems written for his own funeral.
John Minford and Joseph S. M. Lau (eds.), Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations (2000), p. 513
Context: In former days I wanted wine to drink;
The wine this morning fills the cup in vain.
I see the spring mead with its floating foam,
And wonder when to taste of it again.
The feast before me lavishly is spread,
My relatives and friends beside me cry.
I wish to speak but lips can shape no voice,
I wish to see but light has left my eye.
I slept of old within the lofty hall,
Amidst wild weeds to rest I now descend.
When once I pass beyond the city gate
I shall return to darkness without end.
Fred Phelps (1929–2014) American pastor and activist
"9/11: God's Wrath Revealed" WBC Video News http://www.signmovies.net/videos/news/index.html. Westboro Baptist Church. September 8, 2006. <br class="br">2000s, 9/11: God's Wrath Revealed (2006)
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer
The Rubaiyat (1120)