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«When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses beneath my skin, and with my eyes I see nothing, and my ears hum, and a wet sweat bathes me, and a trembling seizes me all over»

Author: Sappho | Keywords: all over, at once, bathed, bathes, beneath, courses, delicate, ears, falls, flame, hum, humming, Hums, look on, seizes, skin, sweat, The Hum, trembling, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog»

Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | About: Affection, Animals, Dogs | Keywords: affectionate, creature, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.»

Author: Jack Handy (Writer) | Keywords: ant, but then, fell, felled, felling, fells, funny, instinct, lady, my first, old lady, sidewalk, sidewalks, slip, The Ants, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.»

Author: Buddha | About: Health | Keywords: body of water, clear, duty, flower, good health, health, lamp, lotus, lotus flower, otherwise, surrounds, The Body, trim, trimmed, trimmer, trimmest, trimming, trims, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws»

Author: Chinese Proverbs | Keywords: cats, fish, fished, How to fish, paw, pawing, paws, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like it, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose, and it's always daisy-time.»

Author: D.H. Lawrence (Essayist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Romance | Keywords: daisy, gnat, gnats, jacket, romance, tale, wets

«I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?»

Author: Douglas Adams (Writer) | Keywords: but then, fish, judge, Nice, rain, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«As a young boy, when you get splashed by a mud puddle on the way to school, you wonder if you should go home and change, but be late for school, or go to school the way you are; dirty and soaking wet. Well, while he tried to decide, I drove by and splashed him again.»

Author: Jack Handy (Writer) | Keywords: Better Late Than Never, boy, dirtier, dirtiest, dirty, drove, go home, late, mud, mud puddle, on the way, puddle, puddles, school, soak, soaking, soaks, soak up, splash, splashed, splashes, splashing, tried, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting

«You can never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to wet their finger and hold it to the wind.»

Author: Ronald Reagan (President) | Keywords: Democrats, finger, The Wind, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating, wet, wets, wetted, wetter, wetting, wind

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