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- All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
- As long as the fish swims in the water, don’t light up the grill.~ Russian Proverb
- As soon as stones can swim, leaves will sink.~ Japanese Proverb
- Deep swimmers and high climbers usually don’t die in their beds.~ Dutch Proverb
- Don’t drown the man who taught you to swim.~ English Proverb
- Don’t sell the fish that is still swimming in the ocean.~ Turkish Proverb
- Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.~ Swimming Quotes
- Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.~ French Proverb
- High climbers and deep swimmers never grow old.~ German Proverb
- If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.~ Swahili Proverb
- It is good to swim near a boat.~ German Proverb
- It is hard to swim against the current.~ Dutch Proverb
- It is too late to learn to swim when the water is up to your lips.~ Danish Proverb
- Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned.~ Boris Sokoloff
- Never offer to teach a fish to swim.~ Traditional Proverb
- No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him.~ Latin Proverb
- To me, the sea is like a person — like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there.~ Gertrude Ederle
- No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won’t swim.~ Traditional Proverb
- One cannot learn to swim in a field.~ Spanish Proverb
- Only in water can you learn to swim.~ Czechoslovakian Proverb
- People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.~ Marcel Proust
- The dog learns to swim when the water reaches his ears.~ Russian Proverb
- The person who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.~ Woodrow T. Wilson
- The world is a round gulf, and he who cannot swim must go to the bottom.~ Spanish Proverb
- The young goose is a good swimmer.~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
- Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.~ Barbara Sher
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