“For a cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted.”
“A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.”
“My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.”
“Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.”
“Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.”
“You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage.”